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All too often, public policy textbooks offer a basic grounding in the policy process without the benefit of integrating the use of policy analysis. Michael E. Kraft and Scott... Read Full Overview

Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, Eighth Edition by Michael E. Kraft and Scott R. Furlong helps readers understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives. The text encourages them to not only question the assumptions... Read Full Overview

This work describes government institutions, identifies the primary policy actors, and reviews major theoretical models as well as the instruments of public policy. It also covers he nature of policy analysis and its practice, and gives students practical ways to think about... Read Full Overview