Policy Research and Majchrzak

Underlying the analysis and recommendations embodied in Majchrzak (1984) is the difficulty encountered by theorists in getting policymakers to make use of their recommendations and ideas. Social science research is often treated as separate from real-world problems and as something that has nothing to offer policymakers in the real world. Majchrzak's aim is to bring theorists and policymakers together to show each what they have to contribute to the other and to make policy research and policy implementation part of the same larger process. To accomplish this, the author examines the nature of policy research and then considers how it is implemented in the research process. Majchrzak defines policy research as something that is "directed at providing policymakers with the options and information they need to solve the problems we face today" (p. 11). There is no one approved method any more than there is only one kind of problem to be addressed in this fashion. Majchrzak identifies four types of research processes affecting efforts to alleviate social problems--policy analysis, technical research, basic research and policy analysis, and policy research. These are differentiated by their action orientation and focus. Policy research, the focus of this study, has a high action orientation and a fundamental focus, and "policy research is the only type of research process with an orientation both to action and to fundamental problems.

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