Public Policymaking: An Introduction

To explain the fundamentals of public policy, this best-selling text focuses on the process behind the crafting of legislation. By examining the individual steps--from identifying a problem, to agenda setting, to evaluation, revision, or termination of a policy--students are able to see how different factors influence the creation of policy. Each chapter features at least one case study that illustrates how general ideas are applied to specific policy issues. This new Seventh Edition addresses the economic crisis as well as how the Obama administration differs from the Bush administration in its approach to policy making.

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• Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving (Fifth Edition)
• Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do And Why They Do It
• Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making (Third Edition)
• Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers
• Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (2nd Edition)
• The Path of American Public Policy: Comparative Perspectives
• Policy Analysis
• Effective Implementation In Practice: Integrating Public Policy and Management (Bryson Series in Public and Nonprofit Management)
• Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness