Negotiating Values

Implementing Change in the Allocation of Transplant Organs
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-68775-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Gewicht: 500 g

In the United States stakeholders make rules for the allocation of deceased-donor transplant organs. More than 110,000 Americans are currently awaiting transplants and more than 1,200 die annually before they get transplants; more than 1,700 leave the waiting list annually because they've become too sick to receive transplants. Contributing to better organ transplantation policy is thus socially valuable with life and death consequences. In Negotiating Values, David Weimer deals with this important policy issue. He considers how well stakeholder rulemaking, an example of constructed collaboration, taps relevant expertise and he exploits the unusual opportunity it provides to study the implementation of a substantial planned organizational change. He also explores the implications of “street level” responses for the operation of systemwide allocation rules. Most broadly, Weimer contributes to our understanding of complex multigoal decisionmaking by explicating the interplay between values and evidence in responding to a demand for substantial policy change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weimer, David L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Rare opportunity: transparent implementation of organizational change; 2. Origins of the continuous distribution initiative; 3. Managing the implementation of organizational change; 4. Varieties of expertise; 5. Public (Community) participation in policy making; 6. Evidence and values in continuous distribution design; 7. Organ acceptance and continuous distribution; 8. Constructed collaboration: advantages and challenges; Appendix A: cited committee meetings.

Über Autor(innen)

Weimer, David L.
David L. Weimer is the Edwin E. Witte Professor of Political Economy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His contributions to public policy scholarship have been widely recognized, receiving the Policy Field Distinguished Contribution Award from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management and the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis. He is Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.