Randy Clemons (USA Mercyhurst University), Mark K McBeth (USA Idaho State University)

Public Policy Praxis

A Case Approach for Understanding Policy and Analysis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Public Policy Praxis, now in a thoroughly revised fourth edition, uniquely equips students to better grapple with ambiguity and complexity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9780367180348
• ISBN-10: 0367180340
• Artikelnr.: 58849392

Autorenporträt

Randy S. Clemons is Professor of Political Science and the Associate Dean of the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies & Applied Sciences at Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. Mark K. McBeth is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Idaho State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
List of Cases
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgments
Part I Overview
Chapter 1 Public Policy, Power, the People, Pluralism, and You
Mini-Case: Opioid Abuse and Waterville
Introduction
Introducing Narrative Analysis
Value Conflict
A Political System
Public Policy and Linkage Mechanisms
Power and Policymaking
An Ideal (Direct) Democracy
Representative Democracy
Interest Group Democracy (Pluralism)
Elitism
Elite Democracy: The Irony of Democracy
Effect of Power Structures on the Policy Analyst
Stakeholder Analysis
Mini-Case: This Isn't a Hilton Hotel, MA'AM
Concluding Thoughts
Glossary Terms
The "Gig Economy" Case: Uber (and Lyft) from Boise to Burlington
Part II Theory & Practice: Rationality, Nonrationality, Politics, and the
Policy Process
Chapter 2 The Rational Public Policy Method
Genesis of the Rational Model
The Rational Public Policy Method in Theory
A Critical Reaction
The Rational Model in Practice
Rationality or Something Else?
Mini-Case: Portersville Health Clinic
Model Evaluation
Heading to a Conclusion
Concluding Thoughts
Mini-Case: Democracy or Science? Climate Change and GMOs
Glossary Terms
Chapter 3 The Positivist Toolbox
Introduction
In Defense of Rationality and Big Data: Evidence Based Politics
Shaundra the Policy Analyst
Tool #1: Sampling and Mail Surveys Tool #2: Extrapolation and Forecasting
Tool #3: Measures of Central Tendency
Tool #4: Discounting
Tool #5: Cost-Benefit Analysis
Concluding Thoughts
Glossary Terms
Chapter 4 Critiques of the Rational Approach
Examples of the Power of Nonrational Explanations
Critiques of the Rational Model
Case Study: Vaping Politics and Policy - Up in Smoke
Concluding Thoughts
Glossary Terms
Chapter 5 The Nonrational (Political) Approach
Essence and Overview of the Policy Process
Problem Identification/Gaining Agenda Status
Policy Formulation, Adoption, and Funding
Policy Implementation
Policy Evaluation, Adjustment, Termination
Mini-Case: The Pocatello Prison Siting Story: A Case of Politics
Concluding Thoughts
Glossary Terms
Case Study: "Opioids and The Political Model of Policy Analysis"
Part III Practice and Theory: Problem Definition, Pragmatism, Policy
Analysis, Methodologies and Democracy
Chapter 6 A Pragmatic Public Policy Analysis Method
The Rational Public Policy Analysis Method: History and Form
A Five-Step Method
Summary of the Five-Step Method
Concluding Thoughts
Glossary Terms
Case Study: Playing Politics: Bison, Brucellosis, Business, and Bureaucrats
Chapter 7 Problem Definition, Mixed Methodologies, and Praxis
Anti-Praxis: The Two Tracks of Policy Analysis
The Ambiguous and Subjective Nature of Events in the System
School Shootings and Problem Definition
What Is the "Truth" and How Are Policies Generated?
Stone and Company: The Symbolic Representation of Problem Definition
The Social Construction of Public Problems
Mixed-Methods Tools
Using Language in Problem Definition: The Yellowstone Bison Controversy
Concluding Thoughts
Glossary Terms
Case Study: School Shootings and Focus Group Research: Narrative Analysis
and Problem Definition
Chapter 8 Doing Democracy: A New (Six) Step Model
Defining Democracy
Democracy as an Ambiguous Symbol
The Critique of Traditional Policy Analysis
Structuring Democracy
Communitarianism and Democracy
Democratizing Steps I through IV and Inserting a New Fifth Step into a Six
Step Model
Doing Democracy: Postpositivist Tools
Ethics as Democracy
A Tie that Binds
Mini-Case: Kathmandu: Red Pandas, Hunger, USAID, and Agriculture in Nepal
Concluding Thoughts
Glossary Terms
Case Study: Big-Mart: Cheap Goods at What Price? Stakeholders and
Storytellers: Playing Politics and the Policy Process
Part IV: Conclusion - Praxis/Practice
Chapter 9 Letting you Show Off
Do Facts Matter?
Mini-Case: Opioid Abuse and Waterville (Revisited)
Concluding Thoughts
Glossary
Bibliography
Index