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The Public Policy Theory Primer - Kevin B. Smith, Christopher Larimer

The Public Policy Theory Primer

Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2016 | 3rd edition
Westview Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8133-5005-9 (ISBN)
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Provides a consistent and coherent framework for uniting the field of public policy. The authors offer a comprehensive overview of the core questions and concepts, major theoretical frameworks, primary methodological approaches, and key controversies and debates in each subfield of policy studies from the policy process and policy analysis.
Public policy is a broad and interdisciplinary area of study and research in the field tends to reflect this. Yet for those teaching and studying public policy, the disjointed nature of the field can be confusing and cumbersome. This text provides a consistent and coherent framework for uniting the field of public policy. Authors Kevin B. Smith and Christopher W. Larimer offer an organized and comprehensive overview of the core questions and concepts, major theoretical frameworks, primary methodological approaches, and key controversies and debates in each subfield of policy studies from the policy process and policy analysis to program evaluation and policy implementation.

The third edition has been updated throughout to include the latest scholarship and approaches in the field, including new and expanded coverage of behavioral economics, the narrative policy framework, Fourth Generation implementation studies, the policy regime approach, field experiments, and the debate of program versus policy implementation studies. Now with an appendix of sample comprehensive exam questions, The Public Policy Theory Primer remains an indispensable text for the systematic study of public policy.

Kevin B. Smith is professor of political science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.Christopher W. Larimer is associate professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa.

Preface

List of Illustrations

1. Public Policy as a Concept and a Field (or Fields) of Study

2. Does Politics Cause Policy? Does Policy Cause Politics?

3. Who Makes Decisions? How Do They Make Decisions? Actors and Institutions

4. Whose Values? Policy Design

5. Where Does Policy Come From? The Policy Process

6. What Should We Do? The Field of Policy Analysis

7. What Have We Done? Impact Analysis and Program Evaluation

8. How Does it Work? Policy Implementation

9. New Directions in Policy Research

10. Do the Policy Sciences Exist?

Appendix: Questions for Discussion or Comprehensive Exam Prep

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 394 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-8133-5005-0 / 0813350050
ISBN-13 978-0-8133-5005-9 / 9780813350059
Zustand Neuware
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