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Title: Understanding Public Policy (10th Edition) by Thomas R. Dye ISBN: 0-13-026008-8 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing and shallow
Comment: This book attempts to present public policy theories (incrementalism, group theory, elitism and so on) together with a number of concrete applications, in order to demonstrate how different theories highlights different aspects of policy making. It is not so much a matter of which theory is correct, but which theory is useful to analyze a certain issue. All this is of course very fine.
The problem with the book is that the theories are presented so briefly, and the analyses are so shallow, that the student cannot possibly get a good grasp of what is really going on. The basic concept "policy process" is not dealt with until chapter 14 (of 15 chapters)! Only 4 pages are devoted to the fundamental problem of agenda-setting. Further, the book lacks references to most of the exciting current litterature in the field. The interested student will not find many suggestions on how to move on from this book.
The author seems to be much more interested in describing policies than analyzing them. Indeed, the book does offer some nice case studies on important American policy issues, like abortion, arms race, and nuclear power. These cases could perhaps be used as material for exercises, but look elsewhere for theory.
If you are looking for an introduction to theories of public policy I would recommend Howlett & Ramesh: "Studying Public Policy" instead of this book -- it is slightly older, but still more up-to-date. But if you want a 300-page description of American policies in different policy areas, then look no further.
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Title: An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making by Thomas A. Birkland ISBN: 0765604183 Publisher: M. E. Sharpe Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Public Policymaking: An Introduction by James E. Anderson ISBN: 0618215514 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $51.96 |
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Title: Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction, Third Edition by William N. Dunn ISBN: 0130976393 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $67.00 |
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Title: Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (2nd Edition) by John W. Kingdon ISBN: 0673523896 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 10 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $52.00 |
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Title: Controversies in American Public Policy by John A. Hird, Michael Reese, Matthew Shilvock ISBN: 0534618480 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $53.95 |
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