A thoroughly updated investigation of the key theories in contemporary public policy.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1 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?
• References