Cochran, Charles L.

Public policy : perspectives and choices / Charles L. Cochran, Eloise F. Malone. - 3rd ed. - Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2005. - xv, 512 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic concepts in public policy -- Methods and models for policy analysis -- Rational public choice -- Ideologies and institutional constraints : public policy in the United States -- Economic theory as a basis of public policy -- Economy policy : translating theory into practice -- The politics and economics of inequality -- Crime : different issues, new concerns -- Education policy : low grades for national effort -- Health care : diagnosing a chronic problem -- Crisis in urban and housing policy -- Environmental policy : domestic and international issues -- U.S. foreign policy.

1588263754 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005010767


Policy sciences.

H 97 / C663p 2005

320.6