03127oam 2200565 450 991015308140332120230803220438.01-292-05276-79780205926411(CKB)2550000001160355(SSID)ssj0001257290(MiAaPQ)EBC5174294(MiAaPQ)EBC5176760(MiAaPQ)EBC5832020(MiAaPQ)EBC5137694(MiAaPQ)EBC6399032(Au-PeEL)EBL5137694(CaONFJC)MIL543560(OCoLC)1015880888(EXLCZ)99255000000116035520210428d2014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnderstanding public policy /Thomas R. DyeFourteenth edition, New international edition.Harlow, Essex :Pearson,[2014]©20141 online resource (350 pages) color illustrations, photographs, chartsPearson custom libraryAlways learningIncludes index.Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Policy Analysis: What Governments Do, Why They Do It, and What Difference It Makes -- 2. Models of Politics: Some Help in Thinking About Public Policy -- 3. The Policymaking Process: Decision-Making Activities -- 4. Policy Evaluation: Finding Out What Happens After a Law Is Passed -- 5. Federalism and State Policies: Institutional Arrangements and Policy Variations -- 6. Criminal Justice: Rationality and Irrationality in Public Policy -- 7. Health Care: Attempting a Rational-Comprehensive Transformation -- 8. Education: Group Struggles -- 9. Economic Policy: Challenging Incrementalism -- 10. International Trade and Immigration: Elite-Mass Conflict -- 11. Energy and the Environment: Externalities and Interests -- 12. Civil Rights: Elite and Mass Interaction -- 13. Defense Policy: Strategies for Serious Games -- 14. Federal Policy-Making Institutions -- Index.Updated it its 14th edition, Understanding Public Policy focuses on the policy challenges confronting the Obama administration. This edition provides students with a close up look at the American healthcare system, current economic policies, issues of homeland security and defense policy among many other current event and issues shaping public policy today. The gold-standard for introductory public policy texts, Understanding Public Policy is designed to provide readers with concrete tools for both understanding and analyzing public policy.Always learning.Pearson custom library.Political planningUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentPolitical planning320.60973Dye Thomas R.239597MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLW9910153081403321Understanding public policy3416796UNINA