Eugene Bardach is an American political scientist. He is an emeritus professor at the

Goldman School of Public Policy The Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy, or the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), is a public policy school and one of fourteen schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. Originally named the Graduate Scho ...

at the

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. He is known for developing the

eightfold path The Noble Eightfold Path ( Pali: ; Sanskrit: ) is an early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth, in the form of nirvana. The Eightfold Path consists of eight practice ...

framework of policy analysis that is commonly used in public policy and public administration scholarship.

Biography

Bardach received his B.A. from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

in 1961 and PhD from the

in 1969. He began teaching at Berkeley after receiving his PhD, and took a short leave of absence to work for the Office of Policy Analysis at the

United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government headquartered at the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is responsible for the m ...

. His scholarship has focused on policy implementation and public management as well as how to improve interorganizational collaboration in service delivery. He served as acting dean of the

in 1997 and in 1987–1988. Bardach is the author of ''

A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis ''A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving'' is a nonfiction book of policy analysis assembled by Eugene Bardach, a professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of Californi ...

'', a widely used textbook in public policy programs that is based on his experience teaching the principles of policy analysis and then helping students execute their projects. The book was known for introducing a concrete plan of action to students and scholars wishing to perform a public policy analysis. Bardach was elected to the

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in 2017.

References

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