The public policy theory primer
By: Kevin B. Smith & Christopher W. Larimer
Contributors: Larimer, Christopher W. (Christopher Wesley)
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780813347493; 9780813347509
Subjects: Policy sciences; Political planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: Public policy as a concept and a field (or fields) of study; title: Does politics cause policy? Does policy cause politics?; title: Who makes decisions? How do they make decisions? Actors and institutions; title: Where does policy come from? The policy process; title: What should we do? The field of policy analysis; title: What have we done? Impact analysis and program evaluation; title: How does it work? Policy implementation; title: Whose values? Policy design; title: New directions in policy research; title: Do the policy sciences exist?.