Regulatory Policy Analysis: Working in a Quagmire

Abstract

The authors review five “definitions-in-use” that characterize regulatory policymaking and policy analysis. They survey these contradictory meanings and argue that the common use of all five has adversely affected efforts to reform and study government regulation.

Department

Political Science

Publication Date

2-1982

Journal Title

Review of Policy Research

Publisher

Wiley

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1111/j.1541-1338.1982.tb00446.x

Document Type

Article

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