An Introduction to the Study of Public Policy

by Charles O. Jones

For advanced politics students, those wishing to focus on the politics of the policy process. The author attempts to promote understanding of how the process might work under varying conditions as opposed to how to make policy decisions.

276 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Charles O. Jones (born 1931) is Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a graduate of the University of South Dakota and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has been a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Guggenheim fellow. He is a leading scholar of American politics. He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow in the Governmental Studies Program at The Brookings Institution. Jones has written or edited 18 books and contributed over 100 articles and book chapters.

Reviews

[Hendry Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wat to read for a while this book

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

An older book, and one that has nonetheless aged well. Jones has authored a fine work on public policy. I used to select parts of this as lecture material for my undergraduate classes. And the lectures worked pretty well! I still find myself referring to this book, several decades after it appeared. How I wish there were a new edition!