Public Policy: The Essential Readings

by Stella Z. Theodoulou and Matthew A. Cahn

Book Overview

This collection of 46 classic and contemporary readings explores the environment within which public policy is made and the actual policy making process. It includes readings that are most frequently... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130592552
• ISBN13: 9780130592552
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

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A thorough, if uneven, reader

While selecting textbooks for a public policy theory course, I ran across this reader. It should serve well for a public policy course given a couple limitations. First, the chapters are heterogeneous and uneven. You will need to spend some time deciding what readings are worthwhile and how to organize the readings you wish to keep. Second, the readings will require explicit integration in to lectures and core textbooks. The articles are not very well integrated. In the end, I think this collection of essays will make an excellent resource for instructors who take the time to incorporate some of the excellent chapters. If you want to include original articles from political scientists in a policy course, this is a good place to turn.