American public policy
Subtitle: promise and performance
By: B. Guy Peters
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781452218717
Subjects: Politics and government; Policy sciences; Political planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is public policy?; title: The structure of policymaking in American government; title: Explaining policy choices; title: Agenda setting and public policy; title: Legitimating policy choices; title: Organizations and implementation; title: Budgeting: allocation and public policy; title: Evaluation and policy change; title: Economic policy; title: Tax policy; title: Health care policies; title: Income maintenance: social security and welfare; title: Education policy; title: Energy and the environment; title: Protective policies: defense and law enforcement; title: Culture wars in American politics.