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List of Tables | |
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List of Figures | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Process, Structure, and Ideology | |
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The Policy Process | |
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Characteristics of the American Political System | |
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Is Government a Failure? | |
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Ideology: From Value Positions to Issue Positions | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Economic Policy: To Promote the General Welfare | |
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Problem Identification | |
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How Have We Done? | |
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Agenda Building and Economic Policy | |
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Policy Issues | |
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Economic Inequality | |
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Globalization and International Trade | |
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Problems with Globalization | |
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Case Study: Social Security in Crisis? | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Foreign Policy: To Provide for the Common Defense | |
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Problem Identification | |
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Formulation, Adoption, and Implementation: Changing Direction | |
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Case Study: The Global War on Terrorism | |
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The Middle East | |
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Asia | |
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Africa | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Poverty and Welfare: The Poor Ye Always Have with You? | |
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Problem Identification | |
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Who Are the Poor? | |
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Formulation, Adoption, and Implementation: Antipoverty Strategies | |
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Case Study: The End of Welfare as We Know It | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Health Policy: The Problems of Cost and Access | |
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Problem Identification | |
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Medical Care in the United States | |
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The Federal Role in Medical Care | |
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Medicare | |
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Medicaid | |
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Formulation, Adoption, and Implementation: Cost Control | |
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Policy Succession | |
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Problem Identification | |
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Case Study: Consumer-Driven Health Care | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Environmental Policy: Challenges and Opportunities | |
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Problem Identification | |
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Adoption and Implementation | |
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Policy Succession: Environmental Policy from Reagan to Bush II | |
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Environmental Issues | |
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Case Study no.1: Global Climate Warming | |
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Case Study no.2 The Elusive Search for Energy Independence | |
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Challenges | |
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Conclusion: Opportunities | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Criminal Justice: To Ensure Domestic Tranquility | |
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Problem Identification | |
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Evaluating Criminal Justice Policy: Why Did the Crime Rate Drop? | |
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Criminal Justice Issues | |
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Case Study: The War over the War on Drugs | |
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Conclusion: Solutions to the Crime Problem? | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Education: The Promise of America | |
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Problem Identification | |
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How Have We Done? | |
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Agenda Building and Policy Adoption | |
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Equality and Education Policy | |
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The Federal Government and Educational Reform | |
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The Question of Choice | |
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Case Study: No Child Left Behind | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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Equality: The Second American Revolution | |
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Problem Identification: Equality Defined | |
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Political Equality | |
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Equality of Opportunity | |
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Equality of Outcome | |
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A Statistical Portrait of America: Now and in the Future | |
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The Civil Rights Movement | |
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Narrowing the Gap | |
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Race Relations as a Wedge Issue | |
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Attitudes About Race | |
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Case Study: Affirmative Action | |
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Gay Rights or Gay Wrongs | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Concepts | |
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Reflections | |
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Notes | |
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At the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century | |
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Themes | |
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Public Opinion | |
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Divided Government | |
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Challenges and Opportunities | |
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Some Concluding Thoughts | |
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Reflections | |
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References | |
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Index | |
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About the Author | |
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References | |
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Index | |