POLS4011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Evidencenetwork.Ca, Public Administration, Scenario Analysis
14 Jun 2020
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Clients: a moving target (chapter 2), routledge: new york. The term clients was used to define users and not beneficiaries of analytical work. The historical concept of the client emphasised individuals in positions of authority and power. From the beginning there was a tension between the culture of analysis and culture of politics. Despite the acceptance that analysts would be governed by the norms of neutrality and objectivity, it was clear there was politics at play. Reasoned analysis also involves choices -to include or not. In the 1960s the us department of defense defined clients as individuals identifiable through their job title and responsibilities. The client was someone who appeared to understand both the culture of analysis and the culture of politics. Some analysits expect clients to use the analysis others don"t. In the 1980s meltsner found that while bureaucratic clients grew the client field had grown into legislatve groups, interests groups, non-gov organisations.
