Understanding Public Policy
United States Edition
13th Edition
Published on 6. April 2010
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-205-75742-8 (ISBN)
Description
Updated in a new 13th edition and the gold-standard for introductory public policy texts, Understanding Public Policy is designed to provide readers with concrete tools for not only understanding public policy in general, but for analyzing specific public policies.
This new edition focuses on the many policy changes initiated by President Barack Obama, with special attention given to the economic policies addressing the global financial crisis.
This new edition focuses on the many policy changes initiated by President Barack Obama, with special attention given to the economic policies addressing the global financial crisis.
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Edition
13th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 187 mm
Weight
730 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-75742-8 (9780205757428)
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Thomas R. Dye
Understanding Public Policy
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Content
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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. Homeland Security: Terrorism and Non-Deterable Threats.
15. Policy Evaluation: Finding Out What Happens after a Law Is Passed.
Index.
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. Homeland Security: Terrorism and Non-Deterable Threats.
15. Policy Evaluation: Finding Out What Happens after a Law Is Passed.
Index.