American Public Policy: Promise and Performance

Abstract

PART ONE: THE NATURE OF PUBLIC POLICY Chapter One: What is Public Policy Defining Public Policy The Instruments of Public Policy The Environment of Public Policy Summary Chapter Two: The Structure of Policymaking in American Government Federalism Separation of Powers Subgovernments Public and Private The Size and Shape of the Public Sector Summary Chapter Three: Explaining Policy Choices Power and Public Policy The Policy Process-The Stages Model Institutional Models of Policy Advocacy-Coalition Framework Policy Causes Politics Bounded Rationality, Multiple Streams, and Incrementalism The Private Sector, Iron Triangles, and Networks Optimal Decision Making Constructivist Models Summary PART TWO: THE MAKING OF PUBLIC POLICY Chapter Four: Agenda Setting and Public Policy Agenda Setting Kinds of Agendas Who Sets Agendas? From Problem to Issue: How to Get Problems on the Agenda Focusing Events Policy Formulation Policy Design Summary Chapter Five: Legitimating Policy Choices Legislative Legitimation Regulations and the Administrative Process The Courts Popular Legitimation Summary Chapter Six: Organizations and Implementation Dramatis Personae Implementation The Organizational Setting Summary Chapter Seven: Budgeting: Allocation and Public Policy Characteristics of the Federal Budget The Budget Cycle Problems in the Budget Process The Overhang Reforming Budgeting: Large-Scale Approaches in the 1960s and 1970s From Scalpels to Axes: Budget Reform from the 1980s to the 2000s Summary Chapter Eight: Evaluation and Policy Change Problems in Evaluating Public Programs Policy Change Summary PART THREE: SUBSTANTIVE POLICY ISSUES Chapter Nine: Economic Policy Background The Goals of Economic Policy The Instruments of Economic Policy Summary Chapter Ten: Tax Policy Background Public Opinion and Taxation Choices in Tax Policy The Politics of Tax Reform Summary Chapter 11: Health Care Policies Problems in Health Care The Affordable Care Act of 2010 Public Programs in Health Care Health Care Regulation Options for National Health Insurance Summary Chapter Twelve: Social Security and Welfare Social Insurance Means-Tested Programs The Persistence of Poverty in the United States Summary Chapter Thirteen: Education Policy The Federal Government's Role in Education Issues of Education Policy Summary Chapter Fourteen: Energy and the Environment Background Energy Sources The Formation of Energy Policy Environmental Policies Implementation of Environmental Controls Summary Chapter Fifteen: Defense and Law Enforcement Background Defense Policy Problems of Defense Policy Law Enforcement Issues in Law Enforcement Policy Summary Chapter Sixteen: Social Values and Public Policy Background Abortion and Reproductive Rights Gay Rights: Politics Comes Out of the Closet The Separation of Church and State: School Prayer and Other Issues Summary PART FOUR: ANALYZING PUBLIC POLICY Chapter Seventeen: Policy Analysis: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Ethical Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis Ethical Analysis of Public Policy Summary

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