Discussion
Which three 'policy evaluation' criteria were suggested by Thomas Smith ?
Answer: A
The three criteria are policy design, policy process and policy achievement.
Thomas B. Smith, in his article on the analysis of policy failure, builds a three-dimensional framework: the design of the policy (whether it has a sound basis and agreement among those who implement it), the process (the balance of benefits and costs, and whether it can be put into effect and kept up) and the achievement (how far the policy is effective in solving the problem). The summary I checked is secondhand, an editorial on the article.
The other options mix stages of the policy cycle: making, approval, implementation, plan and evaluation. Those are steps of the policy cycle, not the criteria on which a policy is judged.
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