CQ Press: Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, 2nd Edition + Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 9th Edition package, Michael E. Kraft , Scott R. Furlong , The CQ Researcher

Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, 2nd Edition +
Issues for Debate in American Public Policy, 9th Edition package
Michael E. Kraft, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Scott R. Furlong, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
The CQ Researcher

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Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, 2nd Edition

It is important that a text offer a thorough explanation of the policy process, but what about your students’ ability to evaluate policies and their alternatives? Too many books leave policy analysis to a last and solitary chapter—or don’t cover it at all. Kraft and Furlong answer to this need and integrate an evaluative approach to policy in their innovative text, encouraging critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from the benefits and costs of sustainable development to the advantages and drawbacks of U.S. efforts to fight the war on terrorism.

Public Policy starts with the basics and concisely describes government institutions, identifies primary policy actors, and reviews major theoretical models. The authors then discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice, and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas. At its core, Public Policy guides students through policy alternatives, arming them with the analytic tools to understand how the interests and motivations of policy actors—both within and outside of government—impact a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda.

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Issues for Debate in American Public Policy: Selections from CQ Researcher, 9th Edition

For coverage of the most important policy issues facing the United States—from rising health costs, to education reform, to rethinking foreign policy—offer your students balanced and complete overviews of today’s foremost policy controversies. Each selection incorporates voices from those at the heart of the policy process: people from lobbies, business, nonprofits, think tanks, academia, and government. After extensively researching each issue, CQ staff writers provide substantial background as well as current analysis. Ideal for laying needed groundwork and starting lively classroom discussion, Issues for Debate in American Public Policy allows students to view an issue from all sides while giving them a window into how policy is actually made and implemented.

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Table of Contents

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Bio(s)

Michael E. Kraft, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Michael E. Kraft is professor of political science and public affairs and Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. He is the author of, among other works, Environmental Policy and Politics, 4th ed. (2006), and the coeditor of Environmental Policy: New Directions for the 21st Century, 6th ed. (2006) and Technology and Politics (1988), with Norman J. Vig; Public Reactions to Nuclear Waste (1993), with Riley E. Dunlap and Eugene A. Rosa; and Toward Sustainable Communities: Transition and Transformations in Environmental Policy (1999), with Daniel A. Mazmanian. He has taught courses in environmental policy and politics, Congress, and public policy analysis for over thirty years.

Scott R. Furlong, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Scott R. Furlong is professor of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. His areas of expertise are regulatory policy and interest group participation in the executive branch. Furlong has published articles in a number of journals including Public Administration Review, The Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, Administrative Studies Quarterly and Policy Studies Journal. He has been teaching the public policy course for over twelve years.

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