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| The Study of Public Policy | |
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| The Plan of This Book | |
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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 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 | |
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| Safety Case Study: Environmental Pollution Control | |
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| The Formulation of Policy Proposals | |
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| Policy Formulation as a Technical Process Case Study: Formulating Policy: The Family and Medical Leave Act A Concluding Comment | |
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| Policy Adoption Theories of Decision-Making Decision Criteria | |
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| The Public Interest Styles of Decision-Making | |
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| Presidential Decision-Making Case Study: Policy Adoption: 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: The Struggle to Balance the Budget | |
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| Policy Implementation Federalism and Implementation Who Implements Policy? | |
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| Administrative Organization | |
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| Administrative Politics | |
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| Administrative Policymaking Case Study: National Park Service | |
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| Fire Policy Case Study: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act | |
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| Techniques of Control Case Study: The Clean Air Act's Emissions-Trading System Compliance | |
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| Policy Impact, Evaluation, and Change Policy | |
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| Impact Policy Evaluation | |
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| Policy Evaluation Processes Case Study: The GAO and Food Safety Problems in Policy Evaluation | |
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| Policy Evaluation: The Use and Misuse of Cost-Benefit Analysis Case Study: The Politics of Evaluation: Head Start Policy Termination Case Study: The Policy Cycle: Airline Regulation and Deregulation | |
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| Concluding Comments | |