Editorial note : introduction to research article
By: REUTER, Peter
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ArticlePublisher: 2002Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 19, 4, p. 551-556Abstract: JPAM aspires to cover a wide range of policy topics and variety of methods. This issue shows the usual range of coverage: welfare reform, public management, methodology, and environmental decisionmaking. Articles on unfamiliar topics or using unfamiliar methods sometimes challenge readers. Meanwhile, abstracts aim to summarize the article for specialist readers rather than for a broader audience. One remedy for this problem, the Editorial Board suggested, is a more accessible and less technical introductory essay that gives the reader a better sense of what makes each article worth reading; the Brookings Papers on Macroeconomic Activities provides a long-established model of this king of introduction. Surely no one will read every article, but this endeavor may lead some readers to peruse articles they would otherwise have skipped. The next four issues will serve as an experimental period, at the end of which I will seek feedback as to whether the essays are helpful. The summaries of the articles are initially prepared by the authors and them edited for integration into this essay
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Periódico | Biblioteca Graciliano Ramos | Periódico | Not for loan |
JPAM aspires to cover a wide range of policy topics and variety of methods. This issue shows the usual range of coverage: welfare reform, public management, methodology, and environmental decisionmaking. Articles on unfamiliar topics or using unfamiliar methods sometimes challenge readers. Meanwhile, abstracts aim to summarize the article for specialist readers rather than for a broader audience. One remedy for this problem, the Editorial Board suggested, is a more accessible and less technical introductory essay that gives the reader a better sense of what makes each article worth reading; the Brookings Papers on Macroeconomic Activities provides a long-established model of this king of introduction. Surely no one will read every article, but this endeavor may lead some readers to peruse articles they would otherwise have skipped. The next four issues will serve as an experimental period, at the end of which I will seek feedback as to whether the essays are helpful. The summaries of the articles are initially prepared by the authors and them edited for integration into this essay
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