Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
Seventh Edition
Learning Objectives
- Describe how policy analysis can clarify the problems and policy alternatives that citizens and policymakers face.
- Evaluate policy proposals and actions for their effectiveness, efficiency, and equity, among other concerns.
- Assess the government’s capacity for problem solving and how it might be improved.
- Understand the dynamics of policymaking and the opportunities that the policy process presents for citizens to participate in decision making.