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Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, And Alternatives
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by Michael E. Kraft and Scott R. Furlong
Sales Rank: 31457
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 459 pages
Published by: CQ PressEdition: 2nd Edition July 15, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1568029411
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1568029412
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
Too many books leave policy analysis to a last and solitary chapter--or don't cover it at all. Kraft and Furlong answer to this need and integrate an evaluative approach to policy in their innovative text, encouraging critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from the benefits and costs of sustainable development to the advantages and drawbacks of U.S. efforts to fight the war on terrorism.
Public Policy starts with the basics and concisely describes government institutions, identifies primary policy actors, and reviews 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 the analytic tools to understand how the interests and motivations of policy actors--both within and outside of government--impact a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda.
Improvements to Each Chapter - Meticulous updating--all new chapter-opening vignettes, current tables and figures, and refreshed lists of suggested readings and websites.
- Strategic streamlining--restructured chapters early in the book ensure a more progressive and accessible introduction to the institutions, actors, and processes of public policy.
- Enhanced pedagogy--key terms focus only on the most important and relevant concepts while end-of-chapter discussion questions better facilitate student analysis.
- Working with Sources--these boxes help students investigate the reliability and comparative quality of sources of policy information through more extensive use of specific cases that call for active application.
- Steps to Analysis--this feature walks students through the steps of the evaluative process in a variety of actual cases, giving students even more opportunities to put their analytic skills to practice.
New Policy Coverage - Homeland Security--analyzes the economic, political, and ethical dimensions of the United States' struggle with terrorism and disaster management. The authors examine the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the use of private contractors for military operations and homeland security initiatives, the Patriot Act's implications for civil liberties, as well as how the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina illustrates the limits of the government's capacity to respond to emergencies.
- Health Care--evaluates President Bush's reforms to Medicare, including efforts to provide prescription drug coverage for seniors in light of persistently rising health care costs.
- Welfare and Social Security--analyzes President Bush's stalled plan to privatize Social Security as well as alternative reforms under consideration.
- Education--focuses on whether the No Child Left Behind Act has created valuable and effective education reforms, and what amendments to this legislation might improve current testing standards and federal funding allocations.
- Energy and the Environment--looks at the debates over oil drilling in the Arctic and federal and state responses to escalating gasoline prices in light of the ongoing conflict between business interests and environmental quality.
About The Author
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, 4th ed. (2006), and the coeditor of Environmental Policy: New Directions for the 21st Century, 6th ed. (2006) and Technology and Politics (1988), with Norman J. Vig; Public Reactions to Nuclear Waste (1993), with Riley E. Dunlap and Eugene A. Rosa; and Toward Sustainable Communities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy (1999), with Daniel A. Mazmanian. He has taught courses in environmental policy and politics, Congress, and public policy analysis for over thirty years.
Scott R. Furlong is professor of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. His areas of expertise are regulatory policy and interest group participation in the executive branch. Furlong has published articles in a number of journals including Public Administration Review, The Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, Administrative Studies Quarterly and Policy Studies Journal. He has been teaching the public policy course for over twelve years.
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