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The authors want students to understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives-not only to question the assumptions of policy analysts, but to recognize how analysis is used in support of political arguments. To encourage critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from the federal deficit to the Affordable Care Act to gun control, the authors introduce and fully integrate an evaluative approach to policy. Public Policy begins 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 that the motivations of policy actors-both within and outside of government-influence a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda.
Contents
PART IChapter 1: PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICSWhat Is Public Policy?Defining Basic ConceptsWhy Study Public Policy?The Contexts of Public PolicyThe Reasons for Government InvolvementThe Practice of Policy AnalysisChapter 2: GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY ACTORSGrowth of GovernmentGovernment Institutions and Policy CapacityFederalismSeparation of PowersInformal Policy Actors and Policy CapacityImproving Policy CapacityChapter 3: UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC POLICYMAKINGTheories of Politics and Public PolicyThe Policy Process ModelInstruments of Public PolicyPolicy TypologiesPart II: ANALYZING PUBLIC POLICYChapter 4: POLICY ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTIONThe Nature of Policy AnalysisSteps in the Policy Analysis ProcessTypes of Policy AnalysisWhat Kind of Analysis Is Needed?Chapter 5: PUBLIC PROBLEMS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVESProblem AnalysisHow to Find InformationConstructing AlternativesThinking Creatively about Policy ActionChapter 6: ASSESSING POLICY ALTERNATIVESEvaluative Criteria for Judging Policy ProposalsUsing the Methods of Policy AnalysisEconomic ApproachesDecision Making and ImpactsPolitical and Institutional ApproachesEthical AnalysisChapter 7: ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY POLICYBackgroundGoals of Economic PolicyTools of Economic PolicyThe Budget Process and Its Effect on Economic PolicyEconomic Policy: Successes and FailuresEconomic Issues and ChallengesFocused Discussion: How to Address the Budgetary ShortfallChapter 8: HEALTH CARE POLICYBackgroundMajor Government Health Care ProgramsOther Health Care Policy IssuesRising Health Care CostsManaged Care OrganizationsReducing Health Care CostsQuality of CareFocused Discussion: Should There Be Greater Emphasis on Preventive Health Care?Chapter 9: WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY POLICYBackgroundSocial SecurityWelfareChapter 10: EDUCATION POLICYBackgroundProblems Facing EducationEducation Policy ReformsHigher Education IssuesFocused Discussion: Higher Education Affordability, Cost, and ValueChapter 11: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY POLICYBackgroundThe Evolution of Environmental and Energy PolicyFrom Consensus to Conflict in Environmental PolicyMajor Federal Environmental PoliciesEnergy PolicyFocused Discussion: Climate Change and Energy Policy AlternativesChapter 12: FOREIGN POLICY AND HOMELAND SECURITYBackground and Policy EvolutionSelected Issues in Homeland SecurityFocused Discussion: Civil Liberties in an Age of TerrorismPART IV: CONCLUSIONSChapter 13: POLITICS, ANALYSIS, AND POLICY CHOICEPolicy Analysis, Citizen Participation, and ChangePublic Policies and Their ImpactsPolicy Analysis and Policy ChoicesCitizen Participation in Decision Making
