Public policy : politics, analysis, and alternatives /

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 sup...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kraft, Michael E. (Author), Furlong, Scott R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE/CQ Press, [2025].
Edition:	Eighth edition.
Subjects:	Policy sciences > Evaluation. Political planning > Citizen participation. Political planning > United States > Evaluation. Public administration > United States > Evaluation.

Table of Contents:

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.