AuthorPeters, B. Guy
TitleAmerican public policy : Promise and performance / B. Guy Peters
Imprint Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016
Edition 10th ed.
Descript xviii, 572 p. ; 23 cm.

CONTENT

What is public policy? -- The structure if policymaking in American government. -- Explaining policy choices. -- Agenda setting and public policy. -- Legitimating policy choices. -- Organizations and implementation. -- Budgeting: allocation and public policy. -- Evaluation and policy change. -- Economic policy. -- Tax policy. -- Health care policies. -- Social security and welfare. -- Education policy. -- Energy and the environment. -- Defense and law enforcement. -- Social values and public policy. -- Policy analysis : Cost-benefit analysis and ethical analysis.


SUBJECT

  1. Policy sciences
  2. Political planning -- united States
  3. United States -- Politics and government

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Political Science Library320.60973 P481A 2016 DUE 15-05-24