Understanding Public Policy - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

This introduction to the models political scientists use to describe and explain political life explores what policies governments pursue, why governments pursue the policies they do, and what the consequences of these policies are.

Reseña del editor

This widely-adopted introduction to the field focuses on what policies governments pursue, why governments pursue the policies they do, and what the consequences of these policies are.

Explores the following nine analytical models in political science and the potential contribution of each of them to the study of public policy: Institutional, Process, Group, Elite, Rational, Incremental, Public choice, Systems, and Game theory. Using these various analytical models, singly and in combination, this book explores specific public policies in a variety of key domestic policy areas.