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Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach

James P. Lester, Joseph Stewart

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Preface. PART I: THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES. 1. The Nature of Public Policy. 2. The Evolution of Public Policy and Politics in America. 3. Approaches to Public Analysis. 4. Models and Public Policy Studies. PART II: ANALYSIS IN THE POLICY PROCESS. 5. Agenda Setting. 6. Policy Formulation. 7. Policy Implementation. 8. Policy Evaluation. 9. Policy Change and Termination. PART III: ANALYZING PUBLIC POLICY CHOICES. 10. Educational Policy. 11. Welfare Policy. 12. Environmental Policy. PART IV: CONCLUSIONS. 13. Utilizing Policy Analysis. 14. Taking Stock: The Evolution of Public Policy in America. INDEX.

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Key concepts: Public policy, Policy studies, Policy analysis, Context (archaeology), Public administration, Public economics, Political science, Stock (firearms)