ABSTRACT
KEYNOTE: Jeremy Bentham, the Philosopher of Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation The ancient Greek philosophers and the political analysts that they inspired over the next two millennia were concerned with grand theories of the state and governance, of war and peace, and of power and politics. But with the rise of cities, with the advent of a merchant or middle class, and with the new problems and opportunities brought about by the Industrial Revolution, things had to change. Governments had to get increasingly involved with the minutiae of public policy and its administration. Someone had to start thinking about the relatively small issues, less about war and peace and more about how best to collect taxes, build sewers, and design prisons. This is where Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) comes in. He was a one-man think tank for a great many of the petty details of governance.
