Guidelines for evaluating a public policy from a life cycle perspective: Ineffectiveness and illegitimacy of the National Alcohol Policy Alexandre Calixto, Ana Carla Vasco de Toledo, Marcelo Lamy

Abstract

This text provides an overview of the public policy evaluation guidelines presented by the “public policy life cycle” theories and applies this method to the Brazilian policy to reduce alcohol abuse. It thus reveals the ineffectiveness and illegitimacy of this public policy.