02972cam a2200493 i 4500 23367870 CSPC 20260909014632.0 231030s2025 caua b 001 0 eng d 2023949513 9781071858394 paperback 23367870 (OCoLC)1393244352 YDX eng rda YDX OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCL YDX OCLCO CQC OCLCQ DLC CSPC lccopycat n-us--- H97 .K73 2025 320.60973 K855p 23/eng/20240402 Kraft, Michael E., author. Public policy : politics, analysis, and alternatives / Michael E. Kraft and Scott R. Furlong. Eighth edition. Thousand Oaks, California ; London : Sage-CQ Press, 2025. xxix, 532 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-528) and index. Part I. The study of public policy -- Public policy and politics -- Government institutions and policy actors -- Understanding public policymaking -- Part II. Analyzing public policy -- Policy analysis: an introduction -- Pubic problems and policy alternatives -- Assessing policy alternatives -- Part III. Issues and controversies in public policy -- Economic and budgetary policy -- Healthcare policy -- Welfare and social security policy -- Education policy -- Environmental and energy policy -- Foreign policy and homeland security -- Part IV. Conclusions -- Politics, analysis and policy choice. "Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, Eighth Edition helps students understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives. The text encourages them to not only question the assumptions of policy analysts, but also recognize how various strategies are used in support of political arguments"--Publisher's website. Policy sciences Evaluation. Political planning Citizen participation. Political planning United States Evaluation. Public administration United States Evaluation. Sciences de la politique Évaluation. Politique publique Participation des citoyens. Politique publique États-Unis Évaluation. Administration publique (Science) États-Unis Évaluation. Furlong, Scott R., author. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 23 320.60973 K855p GRD 2025 0 0 0 ddc 0 0 CSPC CSPC GRD 2026-09-08 0 GRD 320.60973 K855p 2025 032385 2026-09-09 01:33:27 1-1 2026-09-08 BK 33236 33236