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American Public Policy: Promise And Performance
Now considered a classic amongst political experts, "American Public Policy" is an excellent overview of the fundamental processes and content of American public policy. Peters gives a clear exposition of the public policy environment from agenda setting to evaluation, identifying the governmental structures and procedures through which policy is designed and im...more
Paperback, 568 pages
Published
November 10th 2009
by CQ Press
(first published 1986)
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This book has gone through many editions; this is one of the earlier versions. A pretty standard text in public policy. Not the most felicitously written volume. But it does cover the waterfron pretty well. I used this as a textbook before and it worked fairly well. Not the best, but better than other volumes that I have used. The book examines several issues--(1) What is public policy?; (2) How is public policy made?; (3) What are the outlines of basic policy issues (e.g., tax policy, education...more
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Should be a requireds reading, maybe even a full class should be dedicated to it in secondary and higher education. Peters writes a straightforward description of just how policy is developed at the federal level and only slightly indicates his center-left political leanings. A good facilitator could easily balance those leanings to make them a bit more neutral.
Miriam
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