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xxix, 532 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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.
Chapter 1: Public Policy and Politics -- Chapter 2: Government Institutions and Policy Actors -- Chapter 3: Understanding Public Policymaking -- Chapter 4: Policy Analysis: An Introduction -- Chapter 5: Public Problems and Policy Alternatives -- Chapter 6: Assessing Policy Alternatives -- 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 -- Chapter 13: Politics, Analysis, and Policy Choice.
Michael E. Kraft, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Scott R. Furlong, State University of New York at Oswego.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-528) and index.