An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making - Couverture souple

Birkland, Thomas A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0765604183 ISBN 13 : 9780765604187

Editeur : M.E. Sharpe, 2001

Synopsis

A concise, accessible introduction to the public policy process that can be read on may levels. The author's direct writing style and extensive use of examples will appeal to students as well as practitioners.

The book offers an extensive overview of the best current thinking on the policy process, with an emphasis on accessibility and synthesis rather than novelty or abstraction. An extensive glossary of terms, keyed to the chapters in which each term is most thoroughly discussed; an annotated bibliography; and an introduction to web-based research, with a guide to the most important and reliable public policy research sites, are among the book's many useful features.

A propos du livre

The book offers an extensive overview of the best current thinking on the policy process, with an emphasis on accessibility and synthesis rather than novelty or abstraction. An extensive glossary of terms, keyed to the chapters in which each term is most thoroughly discussed; an annotated bibliography; and an introduction to web-based research, with a guide to the most important and reliable public policy research sites, are among the book's many useful features.

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas A. Birkland is the William T. Kretzer Professor of Public Policy in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at North Carolina State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: M.E. Sharpe
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0765604183
• ISBN 13: 9780765604187
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Routledge; https://www.routledge-ny.com/; ; Stockst?dter Str. 20; Gro?ostheim; Bayern; Allemagne