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S <br />knowledge of what kind og prog�m � be rr�ost eff ' <br />��v� and what makes a program work, <br />did not use appropriate analysis, and did not have in <br />formavon t�ey ��� to m�� bet�er <br />decisiQns. If the designers and implemer�ters acted <br />more wis�ly, the program could �e mare <br />successful� or a mor� pramising effort couDd r+e Iaee <br />P the �urrent pro�ram. <br />: The te�hnocratie PePSp�cave t�as a maj�z� influence <br />on the thinicing �n public affairs, <br />urban and re,giona] planning, public policy, and a 1, . <br />Pp 1czl eccanomYcs. As a recent <br />�dY�s�r�cnt for the <br />--�Y �..�1vs's �nr� 1���.,�� <br />�--�---�����.w�a scated► "�etter public <br />palicy f s unquesdanably a function o�' bctc�r info <br />��Qn•" "�o scnsible poliGy choic�e c� �� <br />mad� [in man,� cases] wic�Qut car�ful anai�sis of thG <br />adv�,n�ges ar�d disa�dv��g�s of each <br />course of actiA�►" s���s a leading text. ",�y �m ravin <br />P � our �biiity to pr�edi�t th� <br />�ns�quence,s uf alternative p��icies, �nd pra,�idist a <br />$ framcwur� for v,alu��� �ose <br />�orrs�qu��ccs, the dcq;hni�ues of po�icy �aalysis lead us <br />�eV�ard bettcr dccisions. "'s Th� <br />potential i� "to inform d�cisior� mak�rs w�l! �e��u h <br />g �° �t � �Q� ��lig�tene�cl d�scussi4n of <br />public poli�y oecur� and better p�li�y i� �do � <br />P as � rr.sult, �,s <br />H'��' da� th� t�chmoer�cic explanaaon fit the S <br />m�' �l��s ~ nomic Dev�lopment <br />Prc+gra� `s exp�rienc�? The pr�gram was d�si <br />�Qd �nd impae�entr,c! with little analytiG inpu► <br />and no anaiysis af alternativ� policies for achiavi <br />ng the same cnds. As the bill to cr�ate the <br />F�nom�� l�ecov�ry G�� prAgressed throu h� � <br />g�he si�te legislature and as the �gulati�ns <br />e,Ea�c� s�ok�y �a r��b�r� <br />PP• ia� 329. �khauser, E�;.�L"��fiar Poficd ��+A�s� _(New Yar};: W, <br />W. Norton, 19�8)� • <br />�s�ar1 v• Patton and David S. Sawicki, asic eth <br />NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986)� p, q. Sce also, ,�ward J. Ba���Polic��ty�; . <br />d ract'ce ---...��ad PIA�r,., �II�lew� Cliffs� <br />�-�--....L.. (�e�wbury Park, CA: Sage, 19�9), p. 290; ,�va,om B � c�o 'c evelo e t: <br />�oners end�vid-Val, e0 ' <br />(New !'ork: Praeger, 1991), David S. Sawicki, °Tb�� qval �d---`Econoauc <br />Palicy: �Guid��� for Futuro policy Decisioas," Jou a1 nf the <br />(summer 1989). m�_,�e�� Pl �TyT^ � Marketplace as public <br />Ssociat�on 55, no. 3 <br />