Authors:Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh, Anthony Perl,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: policy, subsystems, cycles, studying, public
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2009-06-15
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0195428021
ISBN-13: 9780195428025
Studying Public Policy examines three dimensions of efforts to engage and resolve public problems: policy actors, institutions, and ideas. Using this focus, the book overviews past efforts to understand public policy-making, outlines the different stages of the policy-making process, and discusses the principal elements and patterns of policy dynamics. Developing an analytical framework of the subject, the text examines the theoretical and conceptual foundations of, and approaches used in, policy sciences giving students a solid basis for understanding public policy. This edition has been full
Author: Matthew Levitt
Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Keywords: policy, institute, september, post, papers, washington, organizations, east, terrorist, middle, terror, eastern, state, sponsors, targeting
Number of Pages: 141
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0944029817
ISBN-13: 9780944029817
September 11 produced unprecedented political will in the United States to fight international terrorism with all of the energy and power at the collective disposal of America and its allies. That principle has already been applied to al-Qaeda and is now being applied to Saddam Husayn’s Iraq. But what effect has the U.S.-led "war on terror" had on the leaders and state sponsors of other Middle Eastern terrorist organizations? In this sober, fact-filled assessment of U.S. counterterrorism policy over the past year, Matthew Levitt argues that without marshalling the resolve and resources t
Author: Farrokh K. Langdana
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: policy, fiscal, monetary, demystifying, macroeconomic
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-02-27
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0387776656
ISBN-13: 9780387776651
Macroeconomic policy is an applications-oriented text designed for individuals who desire a hands-on approach to analyzing the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. MBA and Executive MBA students who appreciate the importance of monetary and fiscal analysis will find this text to be right on target. Financial analysts and individual investors who need to strip away economic myths and jargon and systematically examine and understand the effects of macro policies on variables such as inflation, output, employment and interest rates, will also find the book extremely useful. A unique feature o
Author: D. W. Parsons
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: policy, analysis, practice, introduction, public, theory
Number of Pages: 675
Published: 1995-06
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1852785543
ISBN-13: 9781852785543
This textbook presents an up-to-date introduction to policy studies, and provides the theory and practice of public policy. Interdisciplinary and comparative in scope, it covers agenda formation and problem definition, policy making, implementation and evaluation.
Author: Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: policy, wonks, choices, career, passages
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-12-30
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0275975282
ISBN-13: 9780275975289
What options are available now or in the future for students interested in a public policy career? How do they train, network, and advance in the field? Students, parents, professors, guidance counselors, and department chairs are often frustrated by the absence of a solid, readable book on policy careers and options. This book presents the career stories of twenty scholars and policy practitioners who have worked in Congress, the State Department, the CIA, Defense, international agencies, think tanks, the media, and major law firms—all of whom have been influential in shaping public policy
Author: Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: policy, wonks, options, career, passages
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-12-30
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0275975290
ISBN-13: 9780275975296
What options are available now or in the future for students interested in a public policy career? How do they train, network, and advance in the field? Students, parents, professors, guidance counselors, and department chairs are often frustrated by the absence of a solid, readable book on policy careers and options. This book presents the career stories of twenty scholars and policy practitioners who have worked in Congress, the State Department, the CIA, Defense, international agencies, think tanks, the media, and major law firms—all of whom have been influential in shaping public policy
Author: Bruce S. Jansso
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Keywords: policy, social, justice, practice, advocate, effective, becoming
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2007-01-24
List price: $134.95
ISBN-10: 0495006238
ISBN-13: 9780495006237
Go beyond the ordinary, with Bruce Jansson’s groundbreaking look at the ins-and-outs of conducting policy-practice. BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE POLICY ADVOCATE gives you hands-on experience building the skills that will empower you to implement policy reform as an effective social work practitioner Jansson includes case studies and examples that illustrate how and why policy is important as well as a toolbox of strategies to help you implement policy reform over the course of your own career. And to enhance your course experience, this text features access to CengageNOW, an integrated online s
