{"product_id":"public-policy-book-michael-e-kraft-9781544374611","title":"Public Policy","description":"Click here to preview chapter 1.Professors: Order your exam copy today by clicking on the Request an Exam Copy link above.\u003cp\u003ePublic policy textbooks need to give students a thorough explanation of the policy process, but why do so many relegate policy analysis to a single, final chapter--or not cover it at all? In the third edition of their innovative text, Kraft and Furlong take a decidedly different tack. They introduce and integrate an evaluative approach to policy throughout their text, encouraging critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from economic policy and the financial bailout to homeland security and natural disasters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublic Policy\u003c\/em\u003e starts with the basics and concisely reviews institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models. The authors then discuss the nature of policy analysis and its practice, and show students how to employ evaluative criteria in six substantive policy areas. At its core, \u003cem\u003ePublic Policy\u003c\/em\u003e guides students through policy alternatives, arming them with analytic tools for understanding how the motivations of policy actors--both within and outside of government--influence a complex, yet comprehensible, policy agenda. Professors will appreciate its authoritative, balanced approach, and its accessibility will engage students and keep them reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImportant features for enhanced readability include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWorking with Sources\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSteps to Analysis\u003c\/strong\u003e feature boxes that help students apply evaluative criteria; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePolicy scenario\u003c\/strong\u003e chapter openers;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnd-of-chapter discussion questions, suggested readings and websites, and keyword lists; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA wealth of tables, figures, charts, and photos; and \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA helpful keyword glossary in the appendix.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to updating throughout all chapters to account for recent events, issues, and policy debates through the end of the Bush presidency, the third edition includes expanded and new coverage of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe mortgage crisis, financial bailout, and ensuing recession;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe use of private contractors for military support and operations; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehomeland security and its implications for civil liberties; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enational energy policy and high gasoline prices, including proposals for increased offshore drilling;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclimate change issues and politics; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe government's capacity to handle natural disasters, such as Hurricanes Katrina, Gustav, and Ike; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eimmigration controversies, including construction of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49761528381713,"sku":"CIN1544374615G","price":27.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49790974886161,"sku":"CIN1544374615VG","price":34.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50332707717393,"sku":"CIN1544374615A","price":18.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51036199125265,"sku":"NIN9781544374611","price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":51487505875217,"sku":"CIN1544374615LN","price":34.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1544374615.jpg?v=1750894398","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/public-policy-book-michael-e-kraft-9781544374611","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}