Public Policy in the United States

Challenges, Opportunities, and Changes
6. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-68604-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1080 g

Offering the widest breadth of policy issue coverage on the market, the sixth edition of this well-regarded text covers events through the 2016 elections and beyond. Though the content has been extensively and thoughtfully revised and updated, the sixth edition maintains its clear approach, without an overreliance on policy theory, and popular threefold structure: First, it introduces readers to the American approach to public policy making as it has been shaped by our political institutions, changing circumstances, and ideology. Second, it surveys all of the major policy areas from foreign policy to health care policy to environmental policy, and does so with well-selected illustrations, case studies, terms, and study questions. Third, it provides readers with analytical tools and frameworks to examine current problems and be able to understand and critique proposed public policy solutions. New to the sixth edition is an exploration of:

- The Affordable Care Act and its implementation, controversies, and impact

- The American economy since the end of the Great Recession, trade policy, and economic equality issues

- Foreign policy including relations with Russia, China, and Iran, as well as the civil war in Syria, the continuing conflicts in Iraq, and the challenge of ISIS

- The US Criminal Justice system and its incarceration challenges as well as issues of minorities, police, and crime.

This new edition includes, for the first time, a test bank with multiple choice, short answer, and discussion/essay questions as well as an instructor’s manual. Public Policy in the United States, 6e is an ideal undergraduate text for introductory courses on American Public Policy and Politics, and can be used as supplementary reading in undergraduate courses on policy process, policy analysis, and American government.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rushefsky, Mark E

Rushefsky, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Process, Structure, and Ideology 2. Economic Policy: To Promote the General Welfare 3. Foreign Policy: To Provide for the Common Defense 4. Poverty and Welfare: The Poor Ye Always Have with You 5. Health Policy: The Problems of Cost and Access 6. Environmental Policy: Challenges and Opportunities 7. Criminal Justice: To Ensure Domestic Tranquility 8. Education: The Promise of America 9. Equality: The Second American Revolution

Über Autor(innen)

Mark E. Rushefsky is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Missouri State University, USA.