Writing Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Communicating in the Policy-Making Process - Softcover

Smith, Catherine F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195145070 ISBN 13: 9780195145076

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Writing Public Policy is a hands-on, concise guide to writing and communicating in public policy processes. Designed to help students, practitioners, and other "doers" understand and perform common types of communication used in solving public problems, the book introduces the institutional democratic process in the U.S. and explains the standards and functions of communicating in the public sector.

Coverage includes:

* A general method for planning, composing, and assessing communications in a variety of real-life contexts and situations
* Specific instructions for writing and speaking in public policy processes
* Scenarios that illustrate the complexity in policy processes, highlighting their diversity of contexts--including state agencies and local boards, non-profit organizations, federal government committees, special interest groups, and professional associations--the variety of actors involved, and the range of communication types produced
* Commentary relating the scenarios and examples to the general method
* Checklists of expected standards to enable communicators to assess their products

Highly practical and accessible, Writing Public Policy demonstrates the skills and techniques needed to effectively communicate in the democratic process of making public policy. Ideal for courses in public policy studies, civic writing, and technical/business/legal writing, it is also an invaluable resource for practitioners--and students preparing for careers--in public policy, politics, government, public relations, law, journalism, social work, public health, or in any area concerned with public affairs.

About this title

About the Author

Catherine F. Smith is at East Carolina University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195145070
• ISBN 13: 9780195145076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160