Cases in public policy analysis
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Bibliographic Information
Cases in public policy analysis
Georgetown University Press, c2000
2nd ed
- : cloth
- : pbk
Available at 29 libraries
Note
Originally published: New York : Longman, c1989
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Combining the insights of an economist and a political scientist, this new textbook uses real-world cases to provide students with the institutional and political dimensions of policy problems as well as easily understood principles and methods for analyzing public policies. It clearly explains such basic tools as developing alternatives, benefit-cost analysis, and public pricing and shows how to apply them to specific cases. Updated from the first edition with more cases, this new edition contains up-to-date materials involving actual complex policy issues, such as cigarette smoking regulation, air pollution control, public transit financing, HIV/AIDS prevention programs, and prison overcrowding. Bridging the gap between methods and their application in real life, this book is useful as either a text or supplement in upper-division and graduate-level courses and is also an excellent sourcebook in applied policy training for government practitioners and consultants.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Problem Identification and Structuring Appendix: Fighting Crime3. Forecasting Institutional Impacts on Public Policy Performance Appendix: Washington Post articles4. Forecasting Policy Options Appendix: MARTA forecast5. Pricing and Public Policy Appendix: Anti-Tobacco Groups Push for Higher Cigarette Taxes 6. Cost Effectiveness Analysis Appendix: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV7. Cost Benefit Analysis Appendix: Clinton Sharply Tightens Air Pollution Regulations Despite Concern over Costs 8. Summary and Conclusions
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