Political Theory and Public Policy

by Robert E. Goodin

Book Overview

Some say that public policy can be made without the benefit of theory--that it emerges, instead, through trial-and-error. Others see genuine philosophical issues in public affairs but try to resolve them through fanciful examples. Both, argues Robert E. Goodin, are wrong.

Goodin--a political scientist who is also an associate editor of Ethics--shows that empirical and ethical theory can and should guide policy. To be useful, however, these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226302970
• ISBN13: 9780226302973
• Release Date: November 1983
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"