Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, Alternatives - Couverture souple

Kraft, Michael E.; Furlong, Scott R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1568024843 ISBN 13 : 9781568024844

Editeur : CQ Press, 2003

Synopsis

This work describes government institutions, identifies the primary policy actors, and reviews major theoretical models as well as the instruments of public policy. It also covers he nature of policy analysis and its practice, and gives students practical ways to think about public problems.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Public policy textbooks need to give students a thorough explanation of the policy process, but why do so many relegate policy analysis to a single, final chapter or not cover it at all? In the third edition of their innovative text, Kraft and Furlong take a decidedly different tack. They introduce and integrate an evaluative approach to policy throughout their text, encouraging critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from economic policy and the financial bailout to homeland security and natural disasters. Public Policy starts with the basics and concisely reviews 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. At its core, Public Policy guides students through policy alternatives, arming them with analytic tools for understanding how the motivations of policy actors both within and outside of government influence a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda. Professors will appreciate its authoritative, balanced approach, and its accessibility will engage students and keep them reading. Important features for enhanced readability include: Working with Sources and Steps to Analysis feature boxes that help students apply evaluative criteria; Policy scenario chapter openers; End-of-chapter discussion questions, suggested readings and websites, and keyword lists; A wealth of tables, figures, charts, and photos; and A helpful keyword glossary in the appendix. In addition to updating throughout all chapters to account for recent events, issues, and policy debates through the end of the Bush presidency, the third edition includes expanded and new coverage of: the mortgage crisis, financial bailout, and ensuing recession; the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the use of private contractors for military support and operations; homeland security and its implications for civil liberties; national energy policy and high gasoline prices, including proposals for increased offshore drilling; climate change issues and politics; the government s capacity to handle natural disasters, such as Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav, and Ike; and immigration controversies, including construction of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael E. Kraft is professor of political science and public affairs and Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is the author of, among other works, Environmental Policy and Politics, 5th Edition. In addition, he is coeditor of Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century, 7th Edition, with Norman J. Vig; Business and Environmental Policy, with Sheldon Kamieniecki; and Toward Sustainable Communities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy, 2nd Edition, with Daniel A. Mazmanian. He has taught courses in environmental policy and politics, public policy analysis, and Congress for over thirty years. Scott R. Furlong is the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He has published extensively in the areas of regulatory policy, rulemaking, and the role of interest group participation in the executive branch. His articles have appeared in such journals as the Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Administration Policy Quarterly, and Policy Studies Journal. He has taught classes in public policy, regulatory policy, and American government for over fourteen years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CQ Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1568024843
• ISBN 13: 9781568024844
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 402
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible