How Long to Read Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy

How Long Does it Take to Read Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 24 minutes to read Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy by Arnold J. Meltsner

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Description

Who advises our policy makers in Washington? What brings these advisors to the federal bureaucracy and keeps them there? And how do their clients and the bureaucratic context influence the choices they make in selecting, defining, and working on problems of public policy? In the late 1960s, professional policy advisors—called policy analysts—began to emerge in the Washington bureaucracy. Their job: to provide information and advice about the consequences of choosing different policies. Arnold J. Meltsner examines the various roles they asumed and the ways in which their priorities and methods were affected by the people they advised and the bureaucratic environment. Drawing on interviews with analysts and using his own experience as a government consultant, Meltsner shows how political and organizational considerations extended the boundaries of the advisor's role in a way that went far beyond the analyst's own notions of what policy analysis was. As the profession began to take shape, there were few standards of external organizations to set expectations for the analyst's work. As advisors on the inside, many policy analysts became adept at writing speeches and memos and making political calculations. In short, they took on the folkways of the bureaucrat. This detailed and vivid account of the experiences of analysts in a government agency is written not only for students of the subject but for all those interested in the general processes of our government. By providing a picture of the roles and behavior of the policy analyst, Meltsner points out the predicaments facing those who try to improve the effectiveness of analytical expertise within the government. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

How long is Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy?

Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy by Arnold J. Meltsner is 322 pages long, and a total of 81,144 words.

This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 23 minutes to read Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy aloud.

What Reading Level is Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy?

Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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