Description
Book SynopsisAMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY: AN INTRODUCTION engages readers with a unique emphasis on specific, substantive issues of public policy. The book draws readers into American public policies by presenting their historical context and prompting them to evaluate and discuss possible alternatives. It also kindles discussion that helps make public policy personal as readers apply their knowledge to real-life policies.
Table of Contents1. Public Policy: An Introduction. 2. Contexts of Public Policy. 3. The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships. 4. Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting. 5. Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability. 6. Crime and Criminal Justice: Dilemmas of Social Control. 7. Poverty and Social Welfare Policy. 8. Health Care: Historic Change? 9. Education: Conflict in Policy Direction. 10. Legal and Social Equality: The Struggle Against Oppression and Bigotry. 11. Immigration Policy: The Barely Open Door. 12. Foreign Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World. 13. Private Morality and Public Policy: Moral Values, the Constitution, and the Open Society.
