Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
Michael E. Kraft
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Description for Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
Paperback. Encouraging students to understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives, this book takes a fully integrated and evaluative approach to American policy, arming students with all the analytic tools they will need. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
792g
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9781483345789
SKU
V9781483345789
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99-2
About Michael E. Kraft
Michael E. Kraft is professor emeritus of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is the author of, among other works, Environmental Policy and Politics, 6th ed. (2015) and coauthor of Coming Clean: Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance (2011), with Mark Stephan and Troy D. Abel. In addition, he is the coeditor of Environmental Policy: ... Read more
Reviews for Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
I have used other books, but Kraft and Furlong's Public Policy is appealing because it's broad enough to satisfy students' curiosities in different policy areas, yet specific enough to home on key issues, controversies, and topics.
Marcus D. Mauldin
Marcus D. Mauldin