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The Study of Public Policy | |
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Public Policy and Politics | |
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What Is Public Policy? | |
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Defining Basic Concepts | |
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The Contexts of Public Policy | |
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The Reasons for Government Involvement | |
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Why Study Public Policy? | |
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The Practice of Policy Analysis | |
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Government Institutions and Policy Actors | |
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Growth of Government | |
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Government Institutions and Policy Capacity | |
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Federalism | |
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Separation of Powers | |
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Informal Policy Actors and Policy Capacity | |
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Improving Policy Capacity | |
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Understanding the Politics of Public Policy | |
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Theories of Politics and Public Policy | |
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The Policy Process | |
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Model Instruments of Public Policy | |
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Policy Typologies | |
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Analyzing Public Policy | |
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Policy Analysis: An Introduction | |
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The Nature of Policy Analysis | |
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Steps in the Policy Analysis Process | |
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Types of Policy Analysis | |
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What Kind of Analysis Is Needed? | |
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Public Problems and Policy Alternatives | |
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Problem Analysis | |
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How to Find Information | |
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Constructing Alternatives | |
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Creative Thinking about Policy Action | |
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Assessing Policy Alternatives | |
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Evaluative Criteria for Judging Policy Proposals | |
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Using the Methods of Policy Analysis | |
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Economic Approaches | |
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Decision Making and Impacts | |
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Political and Institutional Approaches | |
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Ethical Analysis | |
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Issues and Controversies in Public Policy | |
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Economic and Budgetary Policy | |
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Background | |
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Goals of Economic Policy | |
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Tools of Economic Policy | |
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The Budget Process and Its Effect on Economic Policy | |
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Economic Policy: Successes and Failures | |
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Future Economic Issues and Challenges | |
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Focused Discussion: How to Address the Budgetary Shortfall | |
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Health Care Policy | |
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Background | |
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Major Government Health Care Programs | |
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Rising Health Care Costs | |
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Managed Care Organizations | |
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Reducing Health Care Costs: Beyond HMOs | |
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Quality of Care | |
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Focused Discussion: Should There Be Greater Emphasis on Preventative Health Care? | |
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Welfare and Social Security Policy | |
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Background | |
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Social Security | |
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Welfare | |
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Focused Discussion: We've Reformed Welfare, Now What? Addressing Poverty | |
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Education Policy | |
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Background | |
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Problems Facing Education | |
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Higher Education Issues | |
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Education Policy Reforms | |
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Focused Discussion: School Testing and Educational Quality | |
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Environmental and Energy Policy | |
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Background | |
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The Evolution of Environmental and Energy Policy | |
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From Consensus to Conflict in Environmental Policy | |
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Major Federal Environmental Policies | |
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Energy Policies | |
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Focused Discussion: Climate Change and Energy Policy Alternatives | |
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Foreign Policy and Homeland Security | |
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Background and Policy Evaluation | |
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Selected Issues in Homeland Security | |
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Focused Discussion: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism | |
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Conclusions | |
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Politics, Analysis, and Policy Choice | |
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Public Policies and Their Impacts | |
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Policy Analysis and Policy Choices | |
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Citizen Participation in Decision Making | |
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Conclusions | |