TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anderson,James E
TI  - Public policymaking: an introduction 
SN  - 9780618974726
AV  - JK468.P64 A56 2011
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Cengage
KW  - Political planning
KW  - United States
KW  - Policy sciences
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Table Of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. The Study of Public Policy; The Plan of This Book; What Is Public Policy?; Categories of Public Policies; Approaches to Policy Study; Methodological Difficulties in Studying Public Policy; For Further Exploration; Test Your Knowledge; Suggested Readings; Notes; CHAPTER 2. The Policy-Makers and Their Environment; The Policy Environment; The Official Policy-Makers; Nongovernmental Participants; Levels of Politics; CASE STUDY The Endangered Snail Darter; For Further Exploration; Test Your Knowledge; Suggested Readings; Notes; CHAPTER 3. Policy Formation: Problems, Agendas, and Formulation; Policy Problems; The Policy Agenda; The Agenda-Setting Process; Nondecisions; The Loss of Agenda Status; Two Cases in Agenda Setting; CASE STUDY Coal-Mine Safety; CASE STUDY Environmental Pollution Control; The Formulation of Policy Proposals; Policy Formulation as a Technical Process; CASE STUDY Formulating Policy: The Family and Medical Leave Act; A Concluding Comment; For Further Exploration; Test Your Knowledge; Suggested Readings; Notes; CHAPTER 4. Policy Adoption; Theories of Decision-Making; Decision Criteria; The Public Interest; Styles of Decision-Making; Presidential Decision-Making; CASE STUDY Policy Adoption: Consumer Bankruptcy; CASE STUDY Policy Adoption: The Economic Stimulus Act; For Further Exploration; Test Your Knowledge; Suggested Readings; Notes; CHAPTER 5. Budgeting and Public Policy; The Budget and Public Policy; Fiscal Policy; The National Budgetary Process; CASE STUDY The Struggle to Balance the Budget; For Further Exploration; Test Your Knowledge; Suggested Readings; Notes; CHAPTER 6. Policy Implementation; Federalism and Implementation; CASE STUDY The Elementary and Secondary Education Act; Who Implements Policy?; Administrative Organization; Administrative Politics; Administrative Policymaking; CASE STUDY The Nuclear Waste Disposal Act; CASE STUDY The Total Maximum Daily Load Program; Techniques of Control; CASE STUDY The Clean Air Act's Emissions-Trading System; Compliance; For Further Exploration; Test Your Knowledge; Suggested Readings; Notes; CHAPTER 7. Policy Impact, Evaluation, and Change; Policy Impact; Policy Evaluation; Policy Evaluation Processes; CASE STUDY The GAO and Food Safety; Problems in Policy Evaluation; Policy Evaluation: The Use and Misuse of Cost-Benefit Analysis; CASE STUDY The Politics of Evaluation: Head Start; Policy Termination; CASE STUDY The Policy Cycle: Airline Regulation and Deregulation; For Further Exploration; Test Your Knowledge; Suggested Readings; Notes; CHAPTER 8. Concluding Comments; Notes; Index
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