Bücher von Aaron Wildavsky

Aaron Wildavsky, along with Mary Douglas, identified what they called grid-group theory

One of the foremost experts in public policy here attempts not only to describe what public policy is, but given societal changes in the last two decades, to account for its present status

The one subject that serious students want most to know about, other than their specialty, is how academic life is lived and how scholarly work is carried out. Their curiosity is equally shared by those interested in how to improve the quality and quantity of their work. With few exceptions, the time honored word-of-mouth approach is all there has been until now; how one works is rarely a subject seriously discussed in print.

How to behave in the diaspora has been a central problem for Jews over the ages, and it was also a central problem in the Joseph stories in the Book of Genesis. This work demonstrates the grand alternatives of Judaism, instilled in two larger-than-life figures.

Oberlin, Ohio, is a typical small city in America, but who runs it? This volume explores the urban power structures that govern Oberlin, dissecting the body politic to uncover the relationships between the governed and the governors, and between different interest groups with a stake in the city.

The author's greatest concern, as expressed in his writings, is how people manage to live together. This concern may at first appear to have little to do with the study of budgeting, but for the author budgeting made living together possible. Here, he argues if you cannot budget, you cannot govern.

One of the foremost experts in public policy here attempts not only to describe what public policy is, but given societal changes in the last two decades, to account for its present status

The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis is a classic work of the Public Policy discipline. Wildavsky's emphasis on the values involved in public policies, as well as the need to build political understandings about the nature of policy, are as important for 21st century policymaking as they were in 1979.

Nuclear power plants, new vaccines and drugs, pesticides designed to improve agricultural production, and a plethora of other technological advances hold great promise of improving the quality of human life, but also pose great risks to human well-being.