American 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.