The Social Fabric Matrix Approach to Policy Analysis: An Introduction

Scott T. Fullwiler, Wolfram Elsner and Tara Natarajan
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Scott T. Fullwiler: Wartburg College
Tara Natarajan: Saint Michael’s College

A chapter in Institutional Analysis and Praxis, 2009, pp 1-22 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the Social Fabric Matrix approach to policy analysis (SFM-A) as laid out in Hayden (2006). This chapter is better understood as a “how to” chapter rather than as a more traditional summary or discussion of the rest of the contributions in the volume. The chapter describes the foundations of the SFM-A approach in general systems theory and instrumentalist philosophy. It then describes the process of building an SFM, and presents extensions of the SFM-A to normative systems analysis, analysis of time and timeliness, quantitative modeling, and social indicators. The chapter concludes with a brief summary of the rest of the chapters.

Keywords: Policy Analysis; Social Indicator; Deontic Logic; Normative Criterion; Social Belief (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88741-8_1

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