Comparing Public Policies: Issues and Choices in Industrialized Countries

by Jessica R. Adolino and Charles H. Blake

Book Overview

The study of comparative public policy reveals the intensely political nature of policy choices. While policy analysts often look to policy successes and failures outside their borders to draw valuable lessons and insights, cultural, economic, political, and institutional conditions vary from country to country and strongly affect how policy analysis is ultimately used. By combining a conceptual discussion of policy making with an examination of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933116781
• ISBN13: 9781933116785
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"