Michael E. Kraft & Scott R. Furlong 
Public Policy [EPUB ebook] 
Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives

With the right information, we can develop public policies that work better.




Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, Eighth Edition helps students understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives. The text encourages them to not only question the assumptions of policy analysts, but also recognize how various strategies are used in support of political arguments.

Cuprins

Part I: The Study of Public Policy

Chapter 1: Public Policy and Politics

Chapter 2: Government Institutions and Policy Actors

Chapter 3: Understanding Public Policymaking

Part II: Analyzing Public Policy

Chapter 4: Policy Analysis: An Introduction

Chapter 5: Public Problems and Policy Alternatives

Chapter 6: Assessing Policy Alternatives

Part III: Issues and Controversies in Public Policy

Chapter 7: Economic and Budgetary Policy

Chapter 8: Health Care Policy

Chapter 9: Welfare and Social Security Policy

Chapter 10: Education Policy

Chapter 11: Environmental and Energy Policy

Chapter 12: Foreign Policy and Homeland Security

Part IV: Conclusions

Chapter 13: Politics, Analysis, and Policy Choice

Despre autor

Scott R. Furlong is provost/vice president for academicaffairs at the State University of New York at Oswego asof July 2017, after serving ten years as dean of the Collegeof Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and professorof political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. His areas of expertise are regulatorypolicy and interest group participation in the executivebranch, and he has taught public policy for over twentyyears. He is the author or coauthor of many book chaptersand coauthor of Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Laws and Make Policy, 5th ed. (2019), with Cornelius M. Kerwin. His articles have appeared in such journals as Public Administration Review, Journalof Public Administration Research and Theory, Administration and Society, American Review of Public Administration, and Policy Studies Journal.