Editing Public policy (section)

== Policy analysis ==
In the contemporary era, there has been a massive influx of [[policy analysis]].<ref name=":Shu">{{Cite journal|date=1999|title=The Paradox of Policy Analysis: If It Is Not Used, Why Do We Produce So Much of It?|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3325995|last1=Shulock|first1=Nancy|journal=Journal of Policy Analysis and Management |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=226–244 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199921)18:2<226::AID-PAM2>3.0.CO;2-J |jstor=3325995 }}</ref> However, there is no evidence to suggest that this influx has aided to solving policy issues.
Distributive theory claims that legislatures in reality have little use for information that pertains to the policies they vote on.

It has been determined that instead of certain fields having a higher concentration of information and analysis, it is rather competitive issues that are focused on more.<ref name=":Shu"/> The same report this was determined from also reported that information and analysis only seemed to affect issues over a long-term period and thusly ineffective at reactionary action.