THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
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Title
THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
Creator
DR. S. B. M. MARUME
R.R. JUBENKANDA
C.W. NAMUSI
N. C. MADZIYIRE
Description
On the basis of comparative study of public policy analysis, it is difficult to underrate or downplay
the illustrious contributions of an eminent American public policy scientist in the name of Professor Robert A.
Goldwin who has greatly assisted social scientists to view public policy analysis as an earnest, systematic and
deliberate attempt to measure the costs and benefits of various policy alternatives and to evaluate actual or
proposed governmental activities [R. A. Goldwin: 1980:29] and to provide policy – makers with neutral and
objective advice pertaining to the best programme in terms of economy, efficiency and effectiveness [Fredrick S.
Lane: 1982:384 – 5 and Jenkins – Smith, 1982:89]. This forms the subject if this article.
the illustrious contributions of an eminent American public policy scientist in the name of Professor Robert A.
Goldwin who has greatly assisted social scientists to view public policy analysis as an earnest, systematic and
deliberate attempt to measure the costs and benefits of various policy alternatives and to evaluate actual or
proposed governmental activities [R. A. Goldwin: 1980:29] and to provide policy – makers with neutral and
objective advice pertaining to the best programme in terms of economy, efficiency and effectiveness [Fredrick S.
Lane: 1982:384 – 5 and Jenkins – Smith, 1982:89]. This forms the subject if this article.
Publisher
IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM
Date
2016
Files
Collection
Citation
DR. S. B. M. MARUME
et al., “THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS,” ZOU Institutional Repository, accessed July 6, 2025, https://ir.zou.ac.zw/items/show/95.
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