Dye, Thomas R.

Understanding public policy / Thomas R. Dye. - 12th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson / Prentice Hall, 2008. - xiii, 354p. : ill., charts, graphs, maps.

Includes bibliographical references.

Policy analysis: what governments do, why they do it, and what difference it makes -- What is public policy? -- Why study public policy? -- What can be learned from policy analysis? -- Policy analysis and policy advocacy -- Policy analysis and the quest for solutions to America's problems -- Policy analysis as art and craft.

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Political planning--United States.
Policy sciences.


United States--Politics and government.

HN65 / D9 2008