Screen LibraryPublic policy : preferences and outcomes /
"Now in a thoroughly revised third edition, Public Policy: Preferences and Outcomes is designed to help students enrolled in a public policy course discuss policy issues and understand the ways in which public policy is grounded in normative theory. This approachable book examines the role of p...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2018 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Now in a thoroughly revised third edition, Public Policy: Preferences and Outcomes is designed to help students enrolled in a public policy course discuss policy issues and understand the ways in which public policy is grounded in normative theory. This approachable book examines the role of political theory in the governance process and the effect of public opinion on policy priorities and government. It introduces students to the tools of policy analysis and the most up to date policy theories in conceptualizing public policy in several major policy areas. New to this edition: A thoroughly revised and updated chapter on public policy models, including new sections on the importance of science, pluralism, institutional analysis and development, multiple streams, the advocacy coalition framework, the punctuated equilibrium framework, policy diffusion, and the constructivist approach. New sections on health policy, welfare economics and the public good, the nuclear arms race, the War on Terrorism, the Quadrennial Defense Review, contemporary policing techniques and issues, and renewable energy. Restructured and rewritten sections on social policy and equality that includes sections on employment, LGBTQ rights and same sex marriage, the legalization of marijuana, and income inequality. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, and offering instructors a variety of ways to tailor the book to their classroom setting and course priorities, Public Policy: Preferences and Outcomes, 3e is a highly flexible and effective teaching resource for introductory public policy courses at the undergraduate level and also serves as an ideal refresher book for students at the graduate level" -- From the publisher. |
| Item Description: |
Revised edition of the author's Public policy, c2010. "First edition published by Longman, 2006" -- Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 382 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138202214 (paperback) : 1138202215 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | H97 |
| CLC: | D035-01 |
| Call Number: | D035-01/S594/3rd ed. |
| Contents: | Dedication -- About the author -- Preface to third edition -- Introduction to public policy -- Policy and visions of governance -- Thinking about public policy: how choices are made -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations (IGR) -- Policy analysis -- Dimensions of public policy -- Agenda setting -- Policy formation -- Policy implementation -- Policy evaluation -- Policy termination -- Major public policies -- Defense policy -- Public health policy -- General social policy -- Education policy -- Criminal justice policy -- Green policy -- Cost of policy -- Conclusion: future of public policy -- Glossary -- Index. |