Understanding Public Policy - Softcover

Thomas R. Dye

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205716857 ISBN 13: 9780205716852

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

Understanding Public Policy, 13/E
The gold-standard for introductory public policy texts, Understanding Public Policy is designed to provide students with concrete tools for not only understanding public policy in general, but for analyzing specific public policies. This new edition focuses on the many policy changes initiated by President Barack Obama, with special attention given to the economic policies addressing the global financial crisis.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This introduction to the models political scientists use to describe and explain political life explores what policies governments pursue, why governments pursue the policies they do, and what the consequences of these policies are.

From the Back Cover:

This widely-adopted introduction to the field focuses on what policies governments pursue, why governments pursue the policies they do, and what the consequences of these policies are. Explores the following nine analytical models in political science and the potential contribution of each of them to the study of public policy: Institutional, Process, Group, Elite, Rational, Incremental, Public choice, Systems, and Game theory. Using these various analytical models, singly and in combination, this book explores specific public policies in a variety of key domestic policy areas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0205716857
• ISBN 13: 9780205716852
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368