自20世纪50年代以来,美国的政策科学分析和研究有着长足的发展,几乎在所有公共领域的决策活动中公共政策分析都得到了卓有成效的应用,各种政策分析方法应运而生,佐治亚州立大学的卡尔·V·帕顿和佐治亚工学院的大卫·S·沙维奇提出的“快速初步政策分析法”就是其中的一种。他们认为这一方法能为分析者和规划者长期采用,对初涉政策分析和规划的人员特别有用。 Since the 1950s, there has been considerable development in the policy science analysis and research in the United States. Public policy analysis has been effectively applied in almost all decision-making activities in the public domain. Various policy analysis methods have emerged. Georgia State University One of them, the “quick preliminary policy analysis” put forward by Carl V. Paton and David S. Shaovic of Georgia Institute of Technology. They think this approach can be adopted by analysts and planners for a long time and is especially useful for those who are involved in policy analysis and planning.