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Presidential address: The evolution of the policy analysis field: From conversation to conversations

Presidential address: The evolution of the policy analysis field: From conversation to conversations Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 16, No. 2, 204–218 (1997) © 1997 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. CCC 0276-8739/97/020204-15 APPAM Presidential Address / 205 over the microphone willingly—to the intellectual patent medicine salesmen’’ [Rivlin, 1984, p. 18]. We are all aware of recent frustrations experienced by policy analysts who have not been able to convince contemporary decisionmakers of the wisdom of their recommendations. These frustrations provoke a series of questions. What does happen on the other side of the conversation? Have we created a mirror in which the known speaker projects his or her own image to the other side? Has the one-sided conversation actually turned into a monologue? Have we focused only on the production side of the conversation and not on the consumption side? Have the participants in the conversation failed to speak the same language and have instead engaged in what the child psychologists call parallel play? Do the participants on the other side of the conversation move in and out of the conversation? Does their conversation change over time? Today I want to examine the nature of the conversation between the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Wiley

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Copyright © 1997 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
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0276-8739
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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 16, No. 2, 204–218 (1997) © 1997 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. CCC 0276-8739/97/020204-15 APPAM Presidential Address / 205 over the microphone willingly—to the intellectual patent medicine salesmen’’ [Rivlin, 1984, p. 18]. We are all aware of recent frustrations experienced by policy analysts who have not been able to convince contemporary decisionmakers of the wisdom of their recommendations. These frustrations provoke a series of questions. What does happen on the other side of the conversation? Have we created a mirror in which the known speaker projects his or her own image to the other side? Has the one-sided conversation actually turned into a monologue? Have we focused only on the production side of the conversation and not on the consumption side? Have the participants in the conversation failed to speak the same language and have instead engaged in what the child psychologists call parallel play? Do the participants on the other side of the conversation move in and out of the conversation? Does their conversation change over time? Today I want to examine the nature of the conversation between the

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Published: Mar 1, 1997

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