Revised edition of the author's Public policy analysis, c2012.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface -- Methodology of policy analysis -- The process of policy analysis -- Policy analysis in the policy-making process -- Methods of policy analysis -- Structuring policy problems -- Forecasting expected policy outcomes -- Prescribing preferred policies -- Monitoring observed policy outcomes -- Evaluating policy performance -- Methods of policy communication -- Developing policy arguments -- Communicating policy analysis -- Appendix 1: Policy issue papers -- Appendix 2: Executive summaries -- Appendix 3: Policy memoranda -- Appendix 4: Oral briefings -- Index.