Public Policy Making by Anderson, James C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface CHAPTER 1 The Plan of This Book What Is Public Policy? Categories of Public Policies Approaches to Policy Study Methodological Difficulties in Studying Public Policy For Further Exploration Test Your Knowledge Notes CHAPTER 2 The Policy Environment The Official Policy-Makers Nongovernmental Participants Levels of Politics CASE STUDY 77 78 CHAPTER 3 Policy Problems The Policy Agenda The Agenda-Setting Process Nondecisions The Loss of Agenda Status Two Cases in Agenda Setting Environmental Pollution Control The Formulation of Policy Proposals Policy Formulation as a Technical Process CASE STUDY Formulating Policy: The Family and Medical Leave Act 114 A Concluding Comment 120 121 CHAPTER 4 Theories of Decision-Making Decision Criteria The Public Interest Styles of Decision-Making Presidential Decision-Making Policy Adoption: Consumer Bankruptcy Policy Adoption: The Economic Stimulus Act 164 165 CHAPTER 5 The Budget and Public Policy Fiscal Policy The National Budgetary Process The Struggle to Balance the Budget 204 205 206

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