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.