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Public Policy : Perspectives and Choices /

Cochran, Charles L.

Public Policy : Perspectives and Choices / Eloise F. Malone, Charles L. Cochran. - 1 online resource (425 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Why Study Public Policy -- 2 Tools for Policy Analysis -- 3 Polarized Politics: The Policy Context -- 4 Political Economy: The Basis of Public Policy -- 5 Funding Public Policy: From Theory to Practice -- 6 The Politics and Economics of Inequality -- 7 Education: A Troubled Federal-State Relationship -- 8 Criminal Justice: Responding to Evolving Concerns -- 9 Health Care: Diagnosing a Chronic Problem -- 10 Housing: Public Policy and the “American Dream” -- 11 The Environment: Issues on a Global Scale -- 12 Foreign Policy: Rethinking National Security -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Combines a clear explanation of the basic concepts and methods of the policymaking process with a keen focus on how values influence policy choices in a wide range of policy areas.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781685850739

10.1515/9781685850739 doi


SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.