Gender is one of the primary fault lines running through contemporary American politics. The political agenda has become deeply polarized by such issues as affirmative action, abortion rights, and wel
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Does research influence public policy and decision-making, and if so, how? This long debated question continues to be the subject of discussions among scholars, researchers and the international commu
A valuable guide to the debates and choices to be made in the delivery of public services. The authors have achieved a rare combination of a thorough and thoughtful review of the literature and strong
Public policy and management problems have been described as poorly defined, messy, squishy, unstructured, intractable, and wicked. In a word, they are complex. This book illustrates the development a
Since the 1950s, the American pharmaceutical industry has been heavily criticized for its profit levels, the high cost of prescription drugs, drug safety problems, and more, yet it has, together with
Traditional definitions of public policy in Canada have beenchallenged in recent years by globalization, the transition to aknowledge-based economy, and the rise of new technologies. CriticalPolicy St
Narrative Policy Analysis presents a powerful and original application of contemporary literary theory and policy analysis to many of today’s most urgent public policy issues. Emery Roe demonstrates a
Insisting that ethical considerations must be factored into public policy considerations of the provision of health care services, Worthington (general internal medicine, Yale U.) and Rohrbaugh (psych
Policy Analysis by Design examines the approaches to public policy taken by those who try to teach it, write about it, and influence it through major analysis.? Bobrow and Dryzek systematically compar
