Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives

Public Policy starts with a concise review of institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models. The authors then discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice, and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas. Public Policy arms students with analytic tools they need to understand the motivations of policy actors―both within and outside of government―influence a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda.

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