The Public Policy Theory Primer
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Public policy is a broad and interdisciplinary area of study and research in the field tends to reflect this. Yet for those teaching and studying public policy, the disjointed nature of the field can be confusing and cumbersome. This text provides a consistent and coherent framework for uniting the field of public policy. Authors Kevin B. Smith and Christopher W. Larimer offer an organized and comprehensive overview of the core questions and concepts, major theoretical frameworks, primary methodological approaches, and key controversies and debates in each sub-field of policy studies from the policy process and policy analysis to program evaluation and policy implementation. The third edition contains the latest scholarship and approaches in the field, including new and expanded coverage of behavior economics, the narrative policy framework, implementation studies, the policy regime approach, and field experiments. Now with an appendix of sample comprehensive exam questions, The Public Policy Theory Primer remains an indispensable text for the systematic study of public policy. -- Provided by publisher
Keywords
Policy sciences; Political planning; Political science -- Public Policy -- General; Political Science -- Public Affairs & Administration;
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9780813350059
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Westview Press
City
Boulder
Department
Department of Political Science
Disciplines
Political Science
Object Description
xiii, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Larimer, Christopher W. and Smith, Kevin B., "The Public Policy Theory Primer" (2017). Faculty Book Gallery. 393.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/393
Comments
Third edition