The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy

Book Overview

Public policy is the business end of political science. It is where theory meets practice in the pursuit of the public good. Political scientists approach public policy in myriad ways. Some approach the policy process descriptively, asking how the need for public intervention comes to be perceived, a policy response formulated, enacted, implemented, and, all too often, subverted, perverted, altered, or abandoned. Others approach public policy more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199548455
• ISBN13: 9780199548453
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 996 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"