Understanding Public Policy
Intended for undergraduate-level courses in public policy, this introduction to public policy is designed to provide students with concrete tools for not only understanding public policy in general, but for analyzing specific public policies.
Print Book, Undefined, 2002
Prentice hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002
9780130260086, 0130260088
1003242774
1. Policy Analysis : What Governments Do, Why They Do It, and What Difference it Makes. 2. Models of Politics: Some Help in Thinking about Public Policy. 3. The Policymaking Process: Decision-Making Activities. 4. Criminal Justice: Rationality and Irrationality in Public Policy. 5. Health and Welfare: The Search for Rational Strategies. 6. Education: The Group Struggle. 7. Economic Policy: Incrementalism at Work. 8. Tax Policy: Battling the Special Interests. 9. International Trade and Immigration: Elite-Mass Conflict. 10. Environmental Policy: Externalities and Interests. 11. Civil Rights: Elite and Mass Interaction. 12. American Federalism: Institutional Arrangements and Public Policy. 13. Defense Policy: Strategies for Serious Games. 14. Policy Evaluation: Finding Out What Happens After a Law Is Passed. Index.