American Public Policy An Introduction

by Cochran, Clarke E.; Mayer, Lawrence C.; Carr, T. R.; Cayer, N. Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780495501893
• ISBN10: 0495501891
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-25
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Best-selling AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY: AN INTRODUCTION takes a unique perspective on issues of public policy and presents them in their historical context. Not stopping there, the text also prompts you to evaluate and discuss possible alternatives. The discussion kindled by AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY: AN INTRODUCTION helps make public policy personal by showing you how to apply your knowledge to real-life policies. AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY: AN INTRODUCTION includes updated and expanded coverage on key policy issues: immigration, global climate change, health care reform, No Child Left Behind, gay rights, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authors present policy material step-by-step, building a picture of the existing policy you can use to evaluate alternatives.

Table of Contents

Public Policy: An Introduction	p. 1
Contexts of Public Policy	p. 20
The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships	p. 46
Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting	p. 80
Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability	p. 107
Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control	p. 151
Income Support: Security, Work, or Dependence?	p. 214
Health Care: Unlimited Needs, Limited Resources	p. 262
Education: Conflict in Policy Direction	p. 307
Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle against Oppression and Bigotry	p. 351
Immigration Policy: The Barely Open Door	p. 399
Foreign and Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World	p. 428
Private Morality and Public Policy: Family Values, Social Issues, and the Open Society	p. 468
Glossary	p. 519
Index	p. 529
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