Making Progress: Essays in Progress and Public Policy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0739104918 ISBN 13: 9780739104910

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2002

Synopsis

While a universal definition of 'progress' has proved elusive, measures of progress have been defined and grouped, into the broad areas of material wealth; social relations; technical capacity; and moral, aesthetic, and intellectual sensibilities. However, not until the 'Progress Project,' whose results are gathered here, has the impact of progress on public policy in these realms been systematically explored. In this volume, noted scholars in economics, government, education, technology, literature, culture, and religion, among other fields, discuss the meaning and measurement of progress in their areas of specialty. They assess particular policies that have either promoted or retarded progress and provide recommendations for policy processes or instruments that better reflect the nature of forward movement in the current era. Making Progress is an important contribution to both the theoretical and practical literature on public policy; it is a resource for scholars and students as well as a guide for policymakers, analysts, and advocates who help craft those policies in the name of progress.

About this title

Synopsis:

"Making Progress" explores the nature of progress and the role public policy plays in promoting it. The work defines the concept of progress, how it is measured for policy purposes, and the major difficulties to implementing progress. The book is organized into three sections, each of which analyzes progress in particular policy areas: progress in relation to ourselves analyzes bioethics, religion and education; progress in relation to others discusses collective action, ethnopolitical warfare, the media and international development; and progress in relation to our material and physical world considers science, economic wealth, information technology and the environment. This collection illustrates the complexity of successful policy implementation, the role of leadership in promoting or retarding policies, and incorporates important recommendations for improving policy processes.

About the Author:

C. Leigh Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. Janet W. Looney is Associate Director of Program Development at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0739104918
• ISBN 13: 9780739104910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 488
• Editor: Anderson Leigh C., Looney Janet W.