Editors' Introduction  

I. The Argumentative Turn: Policy Institutions and Practices  

Policy Discourse and the Politics of Washington Think Tanks / Frank Fischer  

Discourse Coalitions and the Institutionalization of Practice: The Case of Acid Rain in Great Britain / Maarten A. Hajer  

Political Judgment and the Policy Cycle: The Case of Ethnicity Policy Arguments in the Netherlands / Robert Hoppe  

Counsel and Consensus: Norms of Argument in Health Policy / Bruce Jennings  

II. Analytical Concepts: Frames, Tropes, and Narratives  

Survey Research as Rhetorical Trope: Electric Power Planning Arguments in Chicago / J. A. Throgmorton  

Reframing Policy Discourse / Martin Rein and Donald Schon  

Reading Policy Narratives: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends / Thomas J. Kaplan  

Learning from Practice Stories: The Priority of Practical Judgment / John Forester  

III. Theoretical Perspectives  

Policy Analysis and Planning: From Science to Argument / John S. Dryzek  

Planning Through Debate: The Communicative Turn in Planning Theory / Patsy Healey  

Policy Reforms as Arguments / William N. Dunn  

Guidelines for Policy Discourse: Consensual versus Adversarial / Duncan MacRae, Jr.  

Contributors  

Index  

Frank Fischer

Maarten A. Hajer

Robert Hoppe

Bruce Jennings

J. A. Throgmorton

Martin Rein

Donald Schön

Thomas J. Kaplan

John Forester

John S. Dryzek

Patsy Healey

William N. Dunn

Duncan MacRae

Winner, 1995 Choice Outstanding Academic Books

“Fischer and Forester break new ground and provide a fascinating new way of viewing policy analysis. . . . An innovative view of policy analysis that addresses crucial developments in contemporary epistemology.”—Dennis J. Palumbo, Journal of Politics

Winner, 1995 Choice Outstanding Academic Books

“Fischer and Forester break new ground and provide a fascinating new way of viewing policy analysis. . . . An innovative view of policy analysis that addresses crucial developments in contemporary epistemology.”—Dennis J. Palumbo, Journal of Politics

"This book has the potential to be important in the field, the leading statement for a movement. It does not call merely for words to balance the statistics, as in the tired debate between the humanities and the sciences. On the contrary, it argues that the words and the statistics are all part of the argument. The contributors apply theories of judgment ranging from classical rhetoric to modern theories of narrative to see the judging whole. The book proposes a new way to see old debates. . . . In short, the book is excellent."—Donald N. McCloskey, University of Iowa

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