Policy sciences -- Evaluation; Political planning -- Citizen participation; Political planning -- United States -- Evaluation; Public administration -- United States -- Evaluation; Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States
'Public Policy' starts with the basics and describes government institutions, identifies primary policy actors, and reviews major theoretical models. The authors then discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice, and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas.
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Policy sciences -- Evaluation; Political planning -- Citizen participation; Political planning -- United States -- Evaluation; Public administration -- United States -- Evaluation; Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States
'Public Policy' starts with the basics and describes government institutions, identifies primary policy actors, and reviews major theoretical models. The authors then discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice, and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas.