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The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how to deal systematically with a variety of constraints in public policy analysis.
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On dealing with constraints in public policy analysis in general, see S. Nagel, Public Policy: Goals, Means, and Methods (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1984), especially the chapters on equity, effectiveness, human rights, discretion, economic structure, government structure, political feasibility, and ethical constraints.
On quantitative constraints in allocation problems, see “Allocation Logic”, in S. Nagel, Policy Evaluation: Making Optimum Decisions ( New York: Praeger, 1982 ).
On the idea of optimizing first and then satisfying the constraints especially in the context of allocating to the police and courts, see S. Nagel “Optimally Allocating Money to Places and Activities”, in Patrick Humphreys and Janos Vecsenyi (eds), High Level Decision Support: Lessons from Case Studies ( Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1986 ).
On the example of allocating to the police and the courts, see James Levine, Michael Musheno, and Dennis Palumbo, Criminal Justice in America: Law in Action (Wiley, 1985 ).
On equity constraints, see Douglas Rae et al., Equalities (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1981); and S. Nagel, “Equity as a Policy Goal”, in Nagel, Public Policy: Goals. Means and Methods.
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Nagel, S.S. (1991). Multiple and Possibly Conflicting Constraints. In: Decision-Aiding Software. Policy Studies Organization Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11657-7_8
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