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Public Policy - Preferences and Outcomes (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
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Public Policy - Preferences and Outcomes (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
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Now in a thoroughly revised third edition, Public Policy:
Preferences and Outcomes is designed to help students enrolled in a
public policy course discuss policy issues and understand the ways
in which public policy is grounded in normative theory. This
approachable book examines the role of political theory in the
governance process and the effect of public opinion on policy
priorities and government. It introduces students to the tools of
policy analysis and the most up to date policy theories in
conceptualizing public policy in several major policy areas. New to
this edition: A thoroughly revised and updated chapter on public
policy models, including new sections on the importance of science,
pluralism, institutional analysis and development, multiple
streams, the advocacy coalition framework, the punctuated
equilibrium framework, policy diffusion, and the constructivist
approach. New sections on health policy, welfare economics and the
public good, the nuclear arms race, the War on Terrorism, the
Quadrennial Defense Review, contemporary policing techniques and
issues, and renewable energy. Restructured and rewritten sections
on social policy and equality that includes sections on employment,
LGBTQ rights and same sex marriage, the legalization of marijuana,
and income inequality. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject,
and offering instructors a variety of ways to tailor the book to
their classroom setting and course priorities, Public Policy:
Preferences and Outcomes, 3e is a highly flexible and effective
teaching resource for introductory public policy courses at the
undergraduate level and also serves as an ideal refresher book for
students at the graduate level.
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