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This leading introduction to public policy is designed to provide learners with concrete tools for not only understanding public policy in general, but for analyzing specific public policies. It focuses on what policies governments pursue, why governments pursue the policies they do, and what the consequences of these policies are. Very contemporary in perspective, it introduces eight analytical models currently used by political scientists to describe and explain political life and then, using these various analytical models—singly and in combination—explores specific public policies in a variety of key domestic policy areas. For individuals interested in a summary of current public policy in a variety of areas.
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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.
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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.
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- PublisherPrentice-Hall
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0139361790
- ISBN 13 9780139361791
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages351
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