Classics Of Public Policy

by Shafritz, Jay; Layne, Karen; Borick, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780321089892
• ISBN10: 0321089898
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-29
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Following in the tradition of his other, best-selling "classics" readers, Jay Shafritz now launches Classics of Public Policy, a supplementary reader that compiles the most important writings in public policy in one place. Organized to match the table of contents of the best-selling policy textbooks and lauded by reviewers for filling a large gap in the field, this supplementary reader brings in one place the most important writings in public policy. Following in the bestselling tradition he established with other "Classics" readers (Public Administration, Organizational Theory, International Relations, andAmerican Government), Shafritz offers an edited collection of the very best work in the interdisciplinary field of public policy.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Chapter 1 The Context of Public Policy	1	(22)
1. Jeremy Bentham	5	(4)
Of the Principle of Utility (1780)
2. David Easton	9	(9)
The Political System Under Stress (1965)
3. Thomas S. Kuhn	18	(4)
The Nature and Necessity of Scientific Revolutions (1970)
Review Questions	22	(1)
Chapter 2 Public Policymaking	23	(49)
4. Charles E. Lindblom	26	(15)
The Science of "Muddling Through" (1959)
5. Amitai Etzioni	41	(10)
Mixed Scanning: A "Third" Approach to Decision Making (1967)
6. Michael Lipsky	51	(11)
Street-Level Bureaucrats as Policy Makers (1980)
7. Deborah Stone	62	(9)
Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making (1997)
Review Questions	71	(1)
Chapter 3 Interests Groups and Public Policy	72	(53)
8. James Madison	77	(6)
The Federalist No. 10 (1787)
9. David Truman	83	(5)
The Governmental Process (1951)
10. C. Wright Mills	88	(12)
The Power Elite (1957)
11. Robert A. Dahl	100	(7)
Who Governs? (1961)
12. Theodore J. Lowi	107	(17)
American Business, Public Policy, Case-Studies, and Political Theory (1963-1964)
Review Questions	124	(1)
Chapter 4 Agenda Setting	125	(36)
13. Roger W. Cobb and Charles D. Elder	128	(9)
The Dynamics of Agenda-Building (1972)
14. Anthony Downs	137	(11)
Up and Down with Ecology: The Issue-Attention Cycle (1972)
15. John W. Kingdon	148	(11)
Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (1995)
Review Questions	159	(2)
Chapter 5 The Political Economy of Public Policy	161	(35)
16. Charles A. Beard	167	(3)
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution (1913)
17. Friedrich A. Hayek	170	(10)
The Road to Serfdom (1944)
18. John Kenneth Galbraith	180	(5)
The Affluent Society (1958)
19. Milton Friedman	185	(4)
Capitalism and Freedom (1962)
20. Lester Thurow	189	(6)
The Zero-Sum Society (1980)
Review Questions	195	(1)
Chapter 6 Policymaking By Legislatures	196	(22)
21. Edmund Burke	199	(2)
Speech to the Electors of Bristol (1774)
22. Woodrow Wilson	201	(8)
Congressional Government (1885)
23. Glenn R. Parker and Roger H. Davidson	209	(8)
Popular Congressmen and Unpopular Congress (1979)
Review Questions	217	(1)
Chapter 7 Policy Implementation by the Executive	218	(61)
24. Louis Brownlow, Charles E. Merriam, and Luther Gulick	223	(7)
Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management (1937)
25. Richard E. Neustadt	230	(4)
Presidential Power: The Power to Persuade (1959)
26. Aaron Wildavsky	234	(14)
The Two Presidencies (1966)
27. Graham T. Allison	248	(29)
Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1969)
Review Questions	277	(2)
Chapter 8 Policy Reviewing by the Judiciary	279	(35)
28. Alexander Hamilton	285	(6)
The Federalist No. 78 (1778)
29. Marbury v. Madison (1803)	291	(6)
30. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)	297	(3)
31. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)	300	(2)
32. Miranda v. Arizona (1966)	302	(8)
33. Roe v. Wade (1973)	310	(2)
Review Questions	312	(2)
Chapter 9 Foreign Policy	314	(48)
34. Thucydides	320	(7)
History of the Peloponnesian War: The Melian Debate (5th century B.C.E.)
35. Carl von Clausewitz	327	(8)
On War: War as an Instrument of Policy (1832)
36. X (George F. Kennan)	335	(7)
The Sources of Soviet Conduct (1947)
37. Samuel P. Huntington	342	(19)
The Clash of Civilizations? (1993)
Review Questions	361	(1)
Chapter 10 Public Policy as Public Relations	362	(29)
38. George Orwell	365	(4)
Politics and the English Language (1946)
39. Daniel J. Boorstin	369	(6)
The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America (1961)
40. Murray Edelman	375	(15)
Symbols and Political Quiescence (1964)
Review Questions	390	(1)
Chapter 11 Policy Analysis	391
41. Garrett Hardin	396	(13)
The Tragedy of the Commons (1968)
42. Arnold J. Meltsner	409	(6)
The Seven Deadly Sins of Policy Analysts (1976)
43. Aaron Wildavsky	415	(4)
The Art of Policy Analysis (1979)
Review Questions	419