Public Policy : Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives /: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael E. Kraft, Scott R. Furlong.
• Authors: Kraft, Michael E; Furlong, Scott R
• Contents: PART I: THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY; Chapter 1: PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICS; What Is Public Policy?; Defining Basic Concepts; Why Study Public Policy?; The Contexts of Public Policy; The Reasons for Government Involvement; The Practice of Policy Analysis; Chapter 2: GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY ACTORS; Growth of Government; Government Institutions and Policy Capacity; Federalism; Separation of Powers; Informal Policy Actors and Policy Capacity; Improving Policy Capacity; Chapter 3: UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC POLICYMAKING; Theories of Politics and Public Policy; The Policy Process Model; Instruments of Public Policy; Policy Typologies; Part II: ANALYZING PUBLIC POLICY; Chapter 4: POLICY ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION; The Nature of Policy Analysis; Steps in the Policy Analysis Process; Types of Policy Analysis; What Kind of Analysis Is Needed?; Chapter 5: PUBLIC PROBLEMS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES; Problem Analysis; How to Find Information; Constructing Alternatives; Thinking Creatively about Policy Action; Chapter 6: ASSESSING POLICY ALTERNATIVES; Evaluative Criteria for Judging Policy Proposals; Using the Methods of Policy Analysis; Economic Approaches; Decision Making and Impacts; Political and Institutional Approaches; Ethical Analysis; PART III: ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES IN PUBLIC POLICY; Chapter 7: ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY POLICY; Background; Goals of Economic Policy; Tools of Economic Policy; The Budget Process and Its Effect on Economic Policy; Economic Policy: Successes and Failures; Economic Issues and Challenges; Focused Discussion: How to Address the Budgetary Shortfall; Chapter 8: HEALTH CARE POLICY; Background; Major Government Health Care Programs; Other Health Care Policy Issues; Rising Health Care Costs; Managed Care Organizations; Reducing Health Care Costs; Quality of Care; Focused Discussion: Should There Be Greater Emphasis on Preventive Health Care?; Chapter 9: WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY; Background; Social Security; Welfare; Chapter 10: EDUCATION POLICY; Background; Problems Facing Education; Education Policy Reforms; Higher Education Issues; Focused Discussion: Higher Education Affordability, Cost, and Value; Chapter 11: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY POLICY; Background; The Evolution of Environmental and Energy Policy; From Consensus to Conflict in Environmental Policy; Major Federal Environmental Policies; Energy Policy; Focused Discussion: Climate Change and Energy Policy Alternatives; Chapter 12: FOREIGN POLICY AND HOMELAND SECURITY; Background and Policy Evolution; Selected Issues in Homeland Security; Focused Discussion: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism; PART IV: CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 13: POLITICS, ANALYSIS, AND POLICY CHOICE; Policy Analysis, Citizen Participation, and Change; Public Policies and Their Impacts; Policy Analysis and Policy Choices; Citizen Participation in Decision Making;
• Edition: Fifth Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 320.60973; Policy sciences -- Evaluation; Political planning -- Citizen participation; Political planning -- United States -- Evaluation; Public administration -- United States -- Evaluation; Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483345772; 1483345777
• Related ISBNs: 9781483345789
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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