Public Policymaking

by Anderson, James E.

• ISBN13: 9780618974726
• ISBN10: 0618974725
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

To explain the fundamentals of public policy, this best-selling text focuses on the process behind the crafting of legislation. By examining the individual steps--from identifying a problem, to agenda setting, to evaluation, revision, or termination of a policy--students are able to see how different factors influence the creation of policy. Each chapter features at least one case study that illustrates how general ideas are applied to specific policy issues. This new Seventh Edition addresses the economic crisis as well as how the Obama administration differs from the Bush administration in its approach to policy making.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Study of Public Policy	p. l
The Plan of This Book	p. 2
What Is Public Policy?	p. 6
Categories of Public Policies	p. 9
Approaches to Policy Study	p. 18
Methodological Difficulties in Studying Public Policy	p. 29
For Further Exploration	p. 31
Test Your Knowledge	p. 32
Suggested Readings	p. 32
Notes	p. 33
The Policy-Makers and Their Environment	p. 36
The Policy Environment	p. 40
The Official Policy-Makers	p. 48
Nongovernmental Participants	p. 59
Levels of Politics	p. 69
Case Study The Endangered Snail Darter	p. 75
For Further Exploration	p. 77
Test Your Knowledge	p. 77
Suggested Readings	p. 77
Notes	p. 78
Policy Formation: Problems, Agendas, and Formulation	p. 83
Policy Problems	p. 85
The Policy Agenda	p. 90
The Agenda-Setting Process	p. 93
Nondecisions	p. 100
The Loss of Agenda Status	p. 101
Two Cases in Agenda Setting	p. 102
Case Study Coal-Mine Safety	p. 102
Case Study Environmental Pollution Control	p. 705
The Formulation of Policy Proposals	p. 107
Policy Formulation as a Technical Process	p. 112
Case Study Formulating Policy: The Family and Medical Leave Act	p. 114
A Concluding Comment	p. 119
For Further Exploration	p. 119
Test Your Knowledge	p. 120
Suggested Readings	p. 120
Notes	p. 121
Policy Adoption	p. 125
Theories of Decision-Making	p. 126
Decision Criteria	p. 131
The Public Interest	p. 142
Styles of Decision-Making	p. 144
Presidential Decision-Making	p. 152
Case Study Policy Adoption: Consumer Bankruptcy	p. 156
Case Study Policy Adoption: The Economic Stimulus Act	p. 162
For Further Exploration	p. 164
Test Your Knowledge	p. 164
Suggested Readings	p. 164
Notes	p. 165
Budgeting and Public Policy	p. 169
The Budget and Public Policy	p. 170
Fiscal Policy	p. 175
The National Budgetary Process	p. 176
Case Study The Struggle to Balance the Budget	p. 194
For Further Exploration	p. 204
Test Your Knowledge	p. 205
Suggested Readings	p. 205
Notes	p. 206
Policy Implementation	p. 209
Federalism and Implementation	p. 211
Case Study The Elementary and Secondary Education Act	p. 213
Who Implements Policy?	p. 216
Administrative Organization	p. 222
Administrative Politics	p. 225
Administrative Policymaking	p. 231
Case Study The Nuclear Waste Disposal Act	p. 239
Case Study The Total Maximum Daily Load Program	p. 240
Techniques of Control	p. 242
Case Study The Clean Air Act's Emissions-Trading System	p. 253
Compliance	p. 254
For Further Exploration	p. 263
Test Your Knowledge	p. 263
Suggested Readings	p. 264
Notes	p. 264
Policy Impact, Evaluation, and Change	p. 271
Policy Impact	p. 271
Policy Evaluation	p. 276
Policy Evaluation Processes	p. 280
Case Study The GAO and Food Safety	p. 283
Problems in Policy Evaluation	p. 287
Policy Evaluation: The Use and Misuse of Cost-Benefit Analysis	p. 292
Case Study The Politics of Evaluation: Head Start	p. 297
Policy Termination	p. 301
Case Study The Policy Cycle: Airline Regulation and Deregulation	p. 304
For Further Exploration	p. 313
Test Your Knowledge	p. 313
Suggested Readings	p. 313
Notes	p. 314
Concluding Comments	p. 320
Notes	p. 330
Index	p. 332
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