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Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making (Paperback)

by Deborah Stone (Author)
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  • Paperback: 428 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; 2nd Revised edition edition (12 Dec 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0393976254
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393976250
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"Policy Paradox" integrates case studies and theory with clear critical analysis. Through a rich and complex model, this revised edition continues to show how real-world policy grows out of differing ideals, and even definitions, of such basic societal goals as security, equality and liberty.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone drafting a policy paper!, 18 Jan 2004
By Ronald G. Young (carpathian mountains) - See all my reviews
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- a marvellous text which shows the basic patterns which underly the conflict in policy issues - and a refreshing change to the "rationalistic" approach one finds in most policy analysis books.
Part 2 of the book looks at how political systems deal with the four classic principles underlying most issues - equality, efficiency, security, and liberty. She uses a marvellous example of cutting up a chocolate cake at her University -when students and staff came up with more than a dozen ways of doing so "equally" - to demonstrate the elusiveness of that concept. Efficiency, shw also shows to be a standard amenable to numerous conflicting interpretations. "Security encompasses complex needs that change even as they are satisfied. Liberty conceived as activity without harm to others turns out to be a very small sphere in modern society"
The goals of policy are thus "vague, contradictory and protean". The status quo is equally unstable.
Part 3 of the book looks at the type of language used by groups for portraying policy problems - symbols; numbers; causes; interests; and decisions.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A whole lot more useful than most pol sci textbooks, 21 Oct 2009
By 0spinBoson (Local Cluster) - See all my reviews
Having had to read both this book and Politics (Palgrave Foundations) in the same quarter, I have to say I found this one a whole lot more to the point when it comes to trying to analyze actual political affairs. The emphasis put on ideal types in most textbooks is certainly nice from the idealist perspective, but even if you could eliminate personal gain considerations from the agenda of most political entities, it would still say very little about the actual dynamics of decision formation/issue framing, etc., while this book does that in spades. I wouldn't go so far as to call Stone the machiavelli of the 21rst century, but she's certainly trying for an empirical turn.
While I take issue with some of the normative statements/personal reflections she puts in the book (especially when it comes to the power/relevance of statistics, which she says she hopes will be of transient importance, and which just seems silly to me, as though she's confounding political uses of said things with actual uses they can be put to, given that people know how to interpret statements that contain 'facts'.. Although it does seem to be a feature of american politics that political people can safely choose to ignore any and all data in their considerations/deliberations without anyone reprimanding them for it; why everyone is allowed to invent his/her own truth is unclear to me, but it seems to me to come from some idiotic belief in 'relativism' and voter/media cynicism if anything. Anyway, continuing:) they're mostly minor quibbles that could easily be fixed in a new edition. On the whole I think this is a very useful book, though, especially for people who are hoping to gain some insight into the deliberative processes surrounding policy-making/setting. (Though it's probably not for people who can't look past the superficial shock value of the contents.)
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