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Public Policy
Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
Fifth Edition
- Michael E. Kraft - University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, USA
- Scott R. Furlong - State University of New York at Oswego
With the right information we can develop public policies that work better.
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Public Policy & Public Administration
Public Policy & Public Administration
November 2014 | 568 pages | CQ Press
With the right information we can develop public policies that work better.
All too often, public policy textbooks offer a basic grounding in the policy process without the benefit of integrating the use of policy analysis. Since the first edition of Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, Michael Kraft and Scott Furlong have taken a different tack. They want students to understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives—not only to question the assumptions of policy analysts, but also to recognize how analysis is used in support of political arguments. To encourage critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from the federal deficit to health care reform to climate change, the authors introduce and fully integrate an evaluative approach to policy.
The authors begin the fifth edition of Public Policy with a concise review of institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models. Then, they discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas. The text arms students with the analytic tools they need to understand the motivations of policy actors—both within and outside of government—and to influence a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda.
All too often, public policy textbooks offer a basic grounding in the policy process without the benefit of integrating the use of policy analysis. Since the first edition of Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, Michael Kraft and Scott Furlong have taken a different tack. They want students to understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives—not only to question the assumptions of policy analysts, but also to recognize how analysis is used in support of political arguments. To encourage critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from the federal deficit to health care reform to climate change, the authors introduce and fully integrate an evaluative approach to policy.
The authors begin the fifth edition of Public Policy with a concise review of institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models. Then, they discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas. The text arms students with the analytic tools they need to understand the motivations of policy actors—both within and outside of government—and to influence a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda.
PART I: THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 1: PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICS
Chapter 2: GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY ACTORS
Chapter 3: UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC POLICYMAKING
Part II: ANALYZING PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 4: POLICY ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION
Chapter 5: PUBLIC PROBLEMS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
Chapter 6: ASSESSING POLICY ALTERNATIVES
PART III: ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES IN PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 7: ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY POLICY
Chapter 8: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Chapter 9: WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY
Chapter 10: EDUCATION POLICY
Chapter 11: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY POLICY
Chapter 12: FOREIGN POLICY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 13: POLITICS, ANALYSIS, AND POLICY CHOICE
Supplements
Student Study Site
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- Mobile-friendly practice quizzes that allow for independent assessment by students of their mastery of course material
- An online action plan includes tips and feedback on progress through the course and materials, which allows students to individualize their learning experience
- Chapter summaries with learning objectives that reinforce the most important material
- Carefully selected chapter-by-chapter video links and multimedia content which enhance classroom-based explorations of key topics
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- Test banks provide a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity to edit any question and/or insert personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding
- Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides offer complete flexibility for creating a multimedia presentation for the course
- Multimedia content includes videos that appeal to students with different learning styles
- Instructor Manual which summarize key concepts by chapter to ease preparation for lectures and class discussions
- Chapter-specific discussion questions help launch classroom interaction by prompting students to engage with the material and by reinforcing important content
- Lively and stimulating assignments and exercises that can be used in-class or online teaching to reinforce active learning and key features from the text. The activities apply to individual or group projects
- A set of all the graphics from the text, including all of the maps, tables, and figures, is available in PowerPoint, pdf, and JPEG formats for class presentations
- A transition guide provides a chapter-by-chapter outline of key changes to the fifth edition
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“I have used other books, but Kraft and Furlong’s Public Policy is appealing because it’s broad enough to satisfy students’ curiosities in different policy areas, yet specific enough to home on key issues, controversies, and topics.”
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The book never arrived to my work address, please resend to my home address:
2648 Tilden Ave
LA,CA 90064
Political Science Dept, Cal St Univ-Dominguez Hills
July 13, 2016
Enriching this field for our management students. Useful as well for Law students
Management Information Systems, Dhofar University
September 6, 2015
Very much focused on the US - seeking texts which focus on policy making in the UK
School of the Built Environment, Ulster University
February 24, 2015
This is a very illustrative book. It contains many methodological warnings and analysis instructions. This "Public Policy" (5th ed.) covers a large range of topics, like the sustainable development, the income inequality and the mainstream issues. Other strengths are located in the updated references and examples. Finally, some chapters (like Ch.4) are very useful for Master and PhD Classes of Economics, o Political Sciences, or of Public Management.
School of Economics & Management, University of Minho
February 21, 2015