Policy Questions: A Conceptual Study

Creator

Thomas F. Green

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

April 1994

Abstract

A policy question is a request for a fairly stable, but modifiable authoritative line of action aimed at securing an optimal balance between different goods, all of which must be pursued, but cannot be jointly maximized. To such questions there are no purely technical solutions, a point that is revealed by the etiology of policy questions. They appear to arise from conflicts among humans over the distribution of goods, i.e., conflicts of interest. However, the deeper roots of such questions lie not in a conflict of human interests, but in the incompatibility of the actual goods that human beings seek. ...

Extent

14

Volume

2

Issue

7

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00022

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Recommended Citation

Green, Thomas F., "Policy Questions: A Conceptual Study" (1994). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 271.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/271