George M. Guess is a scholar-in-residence in public administration and policy at American University. Paul G. Farnham is an associate professor emeritus in the Department of Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

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• Preface 1. The Policymaking Process: Between Technical Rationality and Politics 2. Problem Identification and StructuringCase Study: Fighting Crime: The Case for Emptier Prisons 3. Forecasting Institutional Impacts on Public Policy PerformanceCase Study: Washington, DC, School Reform 4. Forecasting Policy OptionsCase Study: Transit Options for Metro's Purple Line 5. Pricing and Public Policy: The Case of Cigarette TaxesCase Study: Cigarette Tax Clouds Boosts among States 6. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: The Case of HIV Prevention ProgramsCase Study: Fighting HIV, a Community at a Time 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Case of Environmental Air Quality StandardsCase Study: The Debate over Ambient Air Quality Standards for Fine Particulate Matter 8. Summary and ConclusionsGlossary Index

George M. Guess is a scholar-in-residence in public administration and policy at American University. Paul G. Farnham is an associate professor emeritus in the Department of Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

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• Preface 1. The Policymaking Process: Between Technical Rationality and Politics 2. Problem Identification and StructuringCase Study: Fighting Crime: The Case for Emptier Prisons 3. Forecasting Institutional Impacts on Public Policy PerformanceCase Study: Washington, DC, School Reform 4. Forecasting Policy OptionsCase Study: Transit Options for Metro's Purple Line 5. Pricing and Public Policy: The Case of Cigarette TaxesCase Study: Cigarette Tax Clouds Boosts among States 6. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: The Case of HIV Prevention ProgramsCase Study: Fighting HIV, a Community at a Time 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Case of Environmental Air Quality StandardsCase Study: The Debate over Ambient Air Quality Standards for Fine Particulate Matter 8. Summary and ConclusionsGlossary Index

George M. Guess is a scholar-in-residence in public administration and policy at American University. Paul G. Farnham is an associate professor emeritus in the Department of Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

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• Preface 1. The Policymaking Process: Between Technical Rationality and Politics 2. Problem Identification and StructuringCase Study: Fighting Crime: The Case for Emptier Prisons 3. Forecasting Institutional Impacts on Public Policy PerformanceCase Study: Washington, DC, School Reform 4. Forecasting Policy OptionsCase Study: Transit Options for Metro's Purple Line 5. Pricing and Public Policy: The Case of Cigarette TaxesCase Study: Cigarette Tax Clouds Boosts among States 6. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: The Case of HIV Prevention ProgramsCase Study: Fighting HIV, a Community at a Time 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Case of Environmental Air Quality StandardsCase Study: The Debate over Ambient Air Quality Standards for Fine Particulate Matter 8. Summary and ConclusionsGlossary Index