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Evaluative and Explanatory Reasoning
This volume is a culmination of years of development, and the first to introduce the concepts of superoptimum evaluative and explanatory reasoning. Second, by understanding the elements of explanatory reasoning, they will understand how and why decisions are reached. Evaluative reasoning can take several forms.
Author(s) | By Stuart S. Nagel. |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 232 |
Published in | United States |
Published | 21 Sept 1992 |
Availability | Not yet available |
This volume is a culmination of years of development, and the first to introduce the concepts of superoptimum evaluative and explanatory reasoning. Second, by understanding the elements of explanatory reasoning, they will understand how and why decisions are reached. Evaluative reasoning can take several forms.
Introduction Evaluative or Prescriptive Reasoning Choosing Among Public Policies Individual Decision-Making Allocating Scarce Resources Advocating and Influencing Decisions Mediating Disputes Being a Representative Assigning People to Tasks Optim
STUART S. NAGEL is Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois and a member of the Illinois bar. He has been an attorney to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Legal Services Corporati