Understanding Public Policy, 15th edition

Thomas R. Dye

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For courses in Public Policy

An introduction to public policy that helps students learn how to think critically about politics.
Understanding Public Policy provides an introduction to the study of public policy, as well as an overview of the models that political scientists use to describe and explain political life. Offering students the tools needed to analyze public policy, author Thomas Dye highlights why governments pursue particular policies, and helps students understand the consequences of these policy choices. The fifteenth edition has been updated to reflect the key issues that have defined President Obama’s second term, with plenty of examples drawn from the headlines to help students see how public policy affects their own lives.

ISBN-13: 9780137409242

Subject: Political Science

Category: Public Policy & Public Administration

Brief Contents

Policy Analysis: What Governments Do, Why They Do It, and What Difference It Makes
Models of Politics: Some Help in Thinking About Public Policy
The Policymaking Process: Decision-Making Activities
Policy Evaluation: Finding Out What Happens After a Law Is Passed
Federalism and State Policies: Institutional Arrangements and Policy Variations
Criminal Justice: Rationality and Irrationality in Public Policy
Welfare: The Search for Rational Strategies
Health Care: Attempting a Rational-Comprehensive Transformation
Education: Group Struggles
Economic Policy: Challenging Incrementalism
Tax Policy: Battling the Special Interests
International Trade and Immigration: Elite—Mass Conflict
Energy and the Environment: Externalities and Interests
Civil Rights: Elite and Mass Interaction
Defense Policy: Strategies for Serious Games
Homeland Security: Terrorism and Nondeterrable Threats