All too often, public policy textbooks offer a basic grounding in the policy process without the benefit of integrating the use of policy analysis. Kraft and Furlong, since their first edition, take a different tack. They want students to understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternativesunot only to question the assumptions of policy analysts, but to recognize how analysis is used in support of political arguments. To encourage critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from the financial bailout to rising gas prices to natural disasters, the authors introduce and fully integrate an evaluative approach to policy.Public Policy starts with a concise review of institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models. The authors then discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice, and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas. Public Policy arms students with analytic tools they need to understand the motivations of policy actorsuboth within and outside of governmentuinfluence a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda.
- ISBN10 1452277168
- ISBN13 9781452277165
- Publish Date 9 July 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 January 2020
- Publish Country US
- Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
- Imprint CQ Press
- Edition 4th Revised edition
- Pages 1
- Language English