TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kraft,Michael E.
AU  - Furlong,Scott R.
TI  - Public policy: politics, analysis, and alternatives 
SN  - 9781071858394
AV  - H97 .K73 2025
U1  - 320.60973 23/eng/20240402
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Thousand Oaks, California, London
PB  - Sage-CQ Press
KW  - Policy sciences
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Political planning
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - United States
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Sciences de la politique
KW  - Évaluation
KW  - Politique publique
KW  - Participation des citoyens
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Administration publique (Science)
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -