Public Policy: Perspectives and Choices (5th Edition)

By: Charles L. Cochran and Eloise F. Malone

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Synopsis: This new edition of Public Policy: Perspectives and Choices thoroughly revised to reflect a half-decade of significant changes in the policy environment is designed to give students the tools that they need to analyze and assess the nation's public policies for years to come. The authors combine a clear explanation of the basic concepts and methods of the policymaking process with a keen focus on how values influence policy choices. They then apply this foundation to a range of policy areas. The fully updated text: presents complicated ideas in an accessible way; engages with controversies, bringing the study of public policy alive; draws on a wealth of real world examples; provides balanced consideration of liberal and conservative policy positions; and emphasizes the relationship between individual and national interests. The result is an ideal combination of theory and practice for effectively teaching public policy.