STUART S. NAGEL, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois, is Secretary-Treasurer and Publications Coordinator of the Policy Studies Organization.

• Preface Part One: Basic Concepts and Criteris Basic Concepts in Public Policy Studies Criteria for Judging Policy Studies Research Part II: Policy Goals Effectiveness, Efficeincy, and Equity Doing Better Than the Optimum Part III: Goal-Achieving Means Incentives for Encouraging Socially Desired Behavior Public and Private Sectors for Administering Public Functions Part IV: Methods for Concluding and Sensitivity Analysis Optimizing Principles Optimizing Software Changing the Goal, Means, or Methods Part V: Evaluating Alternative Methods of Evaluation Diverse Perspective on Public Policy Analysis P/G% Compared with Other MCDM Approaches Part VI: Evaluating the Field of Policy Studies Being Innovative but Lasting, and Theoretical but Practical Being Multidisciplinary but Based in Politial-Science, and Value-Oriented but Quantitative Being Utilized and Multi-Ideological Part VII: Other Polilcy-Related Fields Evaluation Research and Policy Studies Law and Policy Studies Appendix 1. Using Microcomputers to Teach Public Policy Substance Appendix 2. Overview of the Policy Studies Literature

STUART S. NAGEL, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois, is Secretary-Treasurer and Publications Coordinator of the Policy Studies Organization.

• Preface Part One: Basic Concepts and Criteris Basic Concepts in Public Policy Studies Criteria for Judging Policy Studies Research Part II: Policy Goals Effectiveness, Efficeincy, and Equity Doing Better Than the Optimum Part III: Goal-Achieving Means Incentives for Encouraging Socially Desired Behavior Public and Private Sectors for Administering Public Functions Part IV: Methods for Concluding and Sensitivity Analysis Optimizing Principles Optimizing Software Changing the Goal, Means, or Methods Part V: Evaluating Alternative Methods of Evaluation Diverse Perspective on Public Policy Analysis P/G% Compared with Other MCDM Approaches Part VI: Evaluating the Field of Policy Studies Being Innovative but Lasting, and Theoretical but Practical Being Multidisciplinary but Based in Politial-Science, and Value-Oriented but Quantitative Being Utilized and Multi-Ideological Part VII: Other Polilcy-Related Fields Evaluation Research and Policy Studies Law and Policy Studies Appendix 1. Using Microcomputers to Teach Public Policy Substance Appendix 2. Overview of the Policy Studies Literature