Kraft Michael E <br/><br/>
Public policy : Politics, analysis, and alternatives 

 - 4th 
 - New Delhi  Sage Publications  2013 
 - 563p  xxiii 
<br/><br/>Table of contents<br/>PART I: THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY;<br/>Chapter 1: PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICS;<br/>What Is Public Policy?;<br/>Defining Basic Concepts;<br/>Why Study Public Policy?;<br/>The Contexts of Public Policy;<br/>The Reasons for Government Involvement;<br/>The Practice of Policy Analysis;<br/>Chapter 2: GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY ACTORS;<br/>Growth of Government;<br/>Government Institutions and Policy Capacity;<br/>Federalism;<br/>Separation of Powers;<br/>Informal Policy Actors and Policy Capacity;<br/>Improving Policy Capacity;<br/>Chapter 3: UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC POLICYMAKING;<br/>Theories of Politics and Public Policy;<br/>The Policy Process Model;<br/>Instruments of Public Policy;<br/>Policy Typologies;<br/>Part II: ANALYZING PUBLIC POLICY;<br/>Chapter 4: POLICY ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION;<br/>The Nature of Policy Analysis;<br/>Steps in the Policy Analysis Process;<br/>Types of Policy Analysis;<br/>What Kind of Analysis Is Needed?;<br/>Chapter 5: PUBLIC PROBLEMS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES;<br/>Problem Analysis;<br/>How to Find Information;<br/>Constructing Alternatives;<br/>Thinking Creatively about Policy Action;<br/>Chapter 6: ASSESSING POLICY ALTERNATIVES;<br/>Evaluative Criteria for Judging Policy Proposals;<br/>Using the Methods of Policy Analysis;<br/>Economic Approaches;<br/>Decision Making and Impacts;<br/>Political and Institutional Approaches;<br/>Ethical Analysis;<br/>PART III: ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES IN PUBLIC POLICY;<br/>Chapter 7: ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY POLICY;<br/>Background;<br/>Goals of Economic Policy;<br/>Tools of Economic Policy;<br/>The Budget Process and Its Effect on Economic Policy;<br/>Economic Policy: Successes and Failures;<br/>Economic Issues and Challenges;<br/>Focused Discussion: How to Address the Budgetary Shortfall;<br/>Chapter 8: HEALTH CARE POLICY;<br/>Background;<br/>Major Government Health Care Programs;<br/>Other Health Care Policy Issues;<br/>Rising Health Care Costs;<br/>Managed Care Organizations;<br/>Reducing Health Care Costs;<br/>Quality of Care;<br/>Focused Discussion: Should There Be Greater Emphasis on Preventive Health Care?;<br/>Chapter 9: WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY;<br/>Background;<br/>Social Security;<br/>Welfare;<br/>Chapter 10: EDUCATION POLICY;<br/>Background;<br/>Problems Facing Education;<br/>Education Policy Reforms;<br/>Higher Education Issues;<br/>Focused Discussion: Higher Education Affordability, Cost, and Value;<br/>Chapter 11: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY POLICY;<br/>Background;<br/>The Evolution of Environmental and Energy Policy;<br/>From Consensus to Conflict in Environmental Policy;<br/>Major Federal Environmental Policies;<br/>Energy Policy;<br/>Focused Discussion: Climate Change and Energy Policy Alternatives;<br/>Chapter 12: FOREIGN POLICY AND HOMELAND SECURITY;<br/>Background and Policy Evolution;<br/>Selected Issues in Homeland Security;<br/>Focused Discussion: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism;<br/>PART IV: CONCLUSIONS;<br/>Chapter 13: POLITICS, ANALYSIS, AND POLICY CHOICE;<br/>Policy Analysis, Citizen Participation, and Change;<br/>Public Policies and Their Impacts;<br/>Policy Analysis and Policy Choices;<br/>Citizen Participation in Decision Making 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781483345789 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1. Policy Sciences - Evaluation2. Political Planning - Citizen Participation - U S A 3. Public Administration - U S A 4. Evaluation Research - Social Action Programs
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.609730  / KRA