Public Policy Perspectives and Choices Author:Charles L. Cochran, Eloise F. Malone Drones. Obamacare. Immigration. The economy. Gun control. Topics in the news on a daily basis, all the subject of heated policy debates. This new edition of Public Policy: Perspectives and Choices thoroughly revised to reflect a half-decade of significant changes in the policy environment is designed to give students the tools that they need to ... more »analyze and assess the nation s public policies for years to come.
The authors combine a clear explanation of the basic concepts and methods of the policymaking process with a keen focus on how values influence policy choices. They then apply this foundation to a range of policy areas.
The fully updated text: Presents complicated ideas in an accessible way; Engages with controversies, bringing the study of public policy alive; Draws on a wealth of real world examples; Provides balanced consideration of liberal and conservative policy positions; Emphasizes the relationship between individual and national interests.
The result is an ideal combination of theory and practice for effectively teaching public policy.« less