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050 _aH 97 .S58 2013
100 _aSmith, Kevin B.
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245 4 _aThe Public policy theory primer /
_cKevin B. Smith and Christopher W. Larimer
260 _aColorado :
_bWestview Press,
_cc2013
300 _aix, 273 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
365 _bUSD24
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _a1. Public policy as a concept and a field (or fields) of study -- 2. Does politics cause policy? Does policy cause politics? -- 3. Who makes decisions? How do they make decisions? Actors and institutions -- 4. Where does policy come from? The policy process -- 5. What should we do? The field of policy analysis -- 6. What have we done? Impact analysis and program evaluation -- 7. How does it work? Policy implementation -- 8. Whose values? Policy design -- 9. New directions in policy research -- 10. Do the policy sciences exist?
520 _aA thoroughly updated investigation of the key theories in contemporary public policy.
650 _aPOLICY SCIENCES
700 _aLarimer, Christopher W.
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