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Note: Chapters 17 conclude with For Further Exploration and Suggested Readings | |
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The Study of Public Policy | |
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What Is Public Policy? | |
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Categories of Public Policies | |
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Approaches to Policy Study | |
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Methodological Difficulties in Studying Public Policy | |
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The Plan of This Book | |
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The Policy-Makers and Their Environment | |
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The Policy Environment | |
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The Official Policy-Makers Nongovernmental Participants Levels of Politics Case Study: The Endangered Snail Darter | |
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Policy Formation: Problems, Agendas, and Formulation Policy Problems | |
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The Policy Agenda | |
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The Agenda-Setting Process Nondecisions | |
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The Loss of Agenda Status | |
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Two Cases in Agenda Setting | |
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Case Study: Coal-Mine Safety | |
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Case Study: Environmental Pollution Control | |
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The Formulation of Policy Proposals | |
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Policy Formulation as a Technical Process | |
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Case Study | |
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Formulating Policy | |
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The Family and Medical Leave Act A Concluding Comment | |
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Policy Adoption | |
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Theories of Decision-Making | |
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Decision Criteria | |
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The Public Interest Styles of Decision-Making | |
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Presidential Decision-Making | |
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Case Study | |
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Policy Adoption | |
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Consumer Bankruptcy | |
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Budgeting and Public Policy | |
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The Budget and Public Policy | |
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The National Budgetary Process Case Study | |
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The Struggle to Balance the Budget | |
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Policy Implementation | |
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Who Implements Policy? | |
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Administrative Organization | |
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Administrative Politics | |
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Administrative Policymaking | |
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Case Study: National Park Service | |
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Fire Policy Case Study | |
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act | |
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Techniques of Control Case Study | |
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The Clean Air Act's | |
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Emissions-Trading System Compliance | |
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Policy Impact, Evaluation, and Change Policy | |
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Impact Policy | |
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Evaluation Processes | |
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Case Study: The GAO and Food Safety | |
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Problems in Policy Evaluation | |
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Policy Evaluation: The Use and Misuse of Cost-Benefit | |
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Analysis Case Study: The Politics of Evaluation | |
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Head Start Policy | |
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Termination Case Study: The Policy Cycle | |
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Airline Regulation and Deregulation | |
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Concluding | |
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Comments | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |