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PAD 5005 Critical Essay #1 Jim Beck PO Box 508 Palmer, AK 99645 jimbeck@alaska.net Article reviewed: deLeon, Peter, and Ralph C. Longobardi. "Policy Analysis in the Good Society." The Good Society 11:1 (2002). This article argues that policy analysis holds a very real utility for the "good society," and that, more specifically, participatory policy analysis is a very effective and important vehicle for achieving the good society. The authors outline a logical approach, including a list of perceived problems, the goals they propose to pursue, the disciplinary perspective(s) that gave birth to their goals, and how those goals may be met. The article begins with a quick examination of some of the current problems that stymie the development of the good society. These include a certain backlash against civility, characterized by a quote from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who states that there is "...an overemphasis of civility..." One cannot help but wonder if the Justice was...

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