Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
Fifth Edition
Study Questions
- Describe the stages of policy analysis.
- Explain the difference between proximate and root causes.
- How are policy issues framed, measured, and examined for root or proximate cause?
- What is involved in problem analysis, and how is a literature review helpful?
- Describe the ways policy proposals can be developed.
- List the instruments or tools of public policy that can be used, and explain each tool, what it is, and how it works.