Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives

Author:   Michael E. Kraft (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, USA) ,  Scott R. Furlong (State University of New York at Oswego)
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   8th Revised edition
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9781071858394


Pages:   496
Publication Date:   14 May 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael E. Kraft (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, USA) ,  Scott R. Furlong (State University of New York at Oswego)
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   CQ Press
Edition:   8th Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781071858394


ISBN 10:   1071858394
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   14 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Study of Public Policy Chapter 1: Public Policy and Politics Chapter 2: Government Institutions and Policy Actors Chapter 3: Understanding Public Policymaking Part II: Analyzing Public Policy Chapter 4: Policy Analysis: An Introduction Chapter 5: Public Problems and Policy Alternatives Chapter 6: Assessing Policy Alternatives Part III: Issues and Controversies in Public Policy Chapter 7: Economic and Budgetary Policy Chapter 8: Health Care Policy Chapter 9: Welfare and Social Security Policy Chapter 10: Education Policy Chapter 11: Environmental and Energy Policy Chapter 12: Foreign Policy and Homeland Security Part IV: Conclusions Chapter 13: Politics, Analysis, and Policy Choice

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"This text provides a succinct and logically streamlined survey of introductory public policy material, equipping students with a knowledge base of the policymaking and policy analysis process."" -- Benjamin Melusky * Review *"


"""This text provides a succinct and logically streamlined survey of introductory public policy material, equipping students with a knowledge base of the policymaking and policy analysis process."" -- Benjamin Melusky * Review *"


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Michael E. Kraft is a professor of political science and the Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. He is the author of Environmental Policy and Politics, 7th ed. (2018), and coauthor of Coming Clean: Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance (2011, winner of the Lynton K. Caldwell award for best book on environmental politics and policy that year) and of Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, 7th ed. (2021). In addition, he is coeditor of both the Oxford Handbook of Environmental Policy (2013) and Business and Environmental Policy (2007) with Sheldon Kamieniecki and of Toward Sustainable Communities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy, 2nd ed. (2009), with Daniel A. Mazmanian.  Scott R. Furlong is Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs at SUNY Oswego as of July 2017, after serving ten years as dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and 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, and he has taught public policy for over twenty years. He is the author or coauthor of numerous book chapters and coauthor of Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Laws and Make Policy, 5th ed. (2019), with Cornelius M. Kerwin. His articles have appeared in such journals as Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Administration and Society, American Review of Public Administration, and Policy Studies Journal.

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