California State University Long Beach

Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration

Summer 2002, Third Session

PPA 590 WOMEN & PUBLIC POLICY

ARTICLE CRITIQUE FORMAT

I. BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

A. Author(s)

B. Title:

C. Publisher or source:

II. MAJOR TOPIC OR THEME

A. What substantive public policy is addressed (health, education, technology, etc.)?

B. What level (federal, state local) or branch (executive, legislative, judicial) of government is addressed?

C. What part of the policy process is addressed (problem identification, agenda setting, defining alternatives, adoption, implementation, or evaluation)?

D. What is the time frame covered by the article?

E. What is the author’s main argument or point?

F. What are the author’s conclusions? Are policy recommendations are made?

III. CRITIQUE

A. What seem to be the author’s major values? Does the author have an affiliation or funding from some entity that would indicate a possible bias?

B. Who are the major formal or informal policy actors covered in the article?

C. How is the target population defined? How is it described?

D. What sources of evidence does the author use?

IV. POLICY IMPLICATIONS

A. Does the article make sense? Was it understandable?

B. Do you have confidence in the findings? Were you convinced?

C. What significance do you see from this study for women specifically?

D. What significance do you see from this study for public policy in general?

E. Is the article useful? Would you recommend it to someone else?