Introduction to public policy
- London W W Norton & Co. 2011
- 582p
Table of contents Section I: What Is Public Policy? Chapter 1: Public Decision Making; Chapter 2: Why Is It So Hard to Make the World a Better Place?; Section II: Why We Do What We Do; Chapter 3: Understanding Individual Behavior: Rational Man and Woman; Chapter 4: Understanding Group Behavior: Collective Action; Chapter 5: Evaluating Social Welfare; Section III: Markets and Government; Chapter 6: The Political Process; Chapter 7: The Market System; Chapter 8: The Role of Government; Section IV: Tools for Analysis; Chapter 9: Gathering and Measuring Information; Chapter 10: Basic Data Analysis; Chapter 11: Introduction to Regression Analysis; Chapter 12: Benefit-Cost Analysis; Chapter 13: Program Evaluation; Section V: Making Policy; Chapter 14: The Role of Institutions; Chapter 15: Policy Design