PART I: THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 1: PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICS
What Is Public Policy?
Defining Basic Concepts
Why Study Public Policy?
The Contexts of Public Policy
The Reasons for Government Involvement
The Practice of Policy Analysis
Chapter 2: GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY ACTORS
Growth of Government
Government Institutions and Policy Capacity
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Informal Policy Actors and Policy Capacity
Improving Policy Capacity
Chapter 3: UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC POLICYMAKING
Theories of Politics and Public Policy
The Policy Process Model
Instruments of Public Policy
Policy Typologies
Part II: ANALYZING PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 4: POLICY ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION
The Nature of Policy Analysis
Steps in the Policy Analysis Process
Types of Policy Analysis
What Kind of Analysis Is Needed?
Chapter 5: PUBLIC PROBLEMS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
Problem Analysis
How to Find Information
Constructing Alternatives
Thinking Creatively about Policy Action
Chapter 6: ASSESSING POLICY ALTERNATIVES
Evaluative Criteria for Judging Policy Proposals
Using the Methods of Policy Analysis
Economic Approaches
Decision Making and Impacts
Political and Institutional Approaches
Ethical Analysis
PART III: ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES IN PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 7: ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY POLICY
Background
Goals of Economic Policy
Tools of Economic Policy
The Budget Process and Its Effect on Economic Policy
Economic Policy: Successes and Failures
Economic Issues and Challenges
Focused Discussion: How to Address the Budgetary Shortfall
Chapter 8: HEALTH CARE POLICY
Background
Major Government Health Care Programs
Other Health Care Policy Issues
Rising Health Care Costs
Managed Care Organizations
Reducing Health Care Costs
Quality of Care
Focused Discussion: Should There Be Greater Emphasis on Preventive Health Care?
Chapter 9: WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY
Background
Social Security
Welfare
Chapter 10: EDUCATION POLICY
Background
Problems Facing Education
Education Policy Reforms
Higher Education Issues
Focused Discussion: Higher Education Affordability, Cost, and Value
Chapter 11: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY POLICY
Background
The Evolution of Environmental and Energy Policy
From Consensus to Conflict in Environmental Policy
Major Federal Environmental Policies
Energy Policy
Focused Discussion: Climate Change and Energy Policy Alternatives
Chapter 12: FOREIGN POLICY AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Background and Policy Evolution
Selected Issues in Homeland Security
Focused Discussion: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 13: POLITICS, ANALYSIS, AND POLICY CHOICE
Policy Analysis, Citizen Participation, and Change
Public Policies and Their Impacts
Policy Analysis and Policy Choices
Citizen Participation in Decision Making
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Public Policy : Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives by Michael E. Kraft. ISBN 9781483345772. Published by Sage/CQ Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
