Public Policy Praxis: A Case Approach for ­Understanding ­Policy and Analysis

Cover
Half Title
Endosements
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
List of Cases
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgments
Part I: Overview
	Chapter 1. Public Policy, Power, the People, Pluralism, and You
		Mini-Case: Opioid Abuse and Waterville
		Introduction
		Introducing Narrative Analysis
		Value Conflict
		A Political System
		Public Policy and Linkage Mechanisms
		Power, Policymaking, and Democracy
		Effect of Power Structures on the Policy Analyst
		Stakeholder Analysis
			Mini-Case: This Isn’t a Hilton Hotel, Ma’am
		Concluding Thoughts
		Glossary Terms
			Case Study: The “Gig Economy” Case: Uber (and Lyft) from Boise to Burlington
		Notes
Part II: T heory and Practice: Rationality, Nonrationality, Politics, and the Policy Process
	Chapter 2. The Rational Public Policy Method
		Genesis of the Rational Model
		The Rational Public Policy Method in Theory
		The Rational Model in Practice
		Rationality or Something Else?
			Mini-Case: The Portersville Health Clinic
		Model Evaluation
		Heading to a Conclusion
		Concluding Thoughts
			Mini-Case: Democracy or Science? Climate Change and GMOs
		Glossary Terms
		Notes
	Chapter 3. T he Positivist Toolbox
		Introduction
		In Defense of Rationality and Big Data: Evidence-Based Politics
		Shaundra the Policy Analyst
		Tool #1: Sampling and Mail Surveys
		Tool #2: Extrapolation and Forecasting
		Tool #3: Measures of Central Tendency
		Tool #4: Discounting
		Tool #5: Cost-Benefit Analysis
		Analysis of the Use of CBA
		Concluding Thoughts
		Glossary Terms
		Problems
		Notes
	Chapter 4. Critiques of the Rational Model
		Examples of the Power of Nonrational Explanations
		Critiques of the Rational Model
		Concluding Thoughts
			Case Study: Vaping Politics and Policy: Up in Smoke
		References
		Glossary Terms
		Notes
	Chapter 5. T he Nonrational (Political) Approach
		Essence and Overview of the Policy Process
		Problem Identification/Gaining Agenda Status
		Policy Formulation, Adoption, and Funding
		Policy Implementation
		Policy Evaluation, Adjustment, Termination
			Mini-Case: The Pocatello Prison Siting Story: A Case of Politics
		Concluding Thoughts
		Glossary Terms
			Case Study: Opioids and the Political Model of Policy Analysis
Part III: Practice and Theory: Problem Definition, Pragmatism, Policy Analysis, Methodologies, and Democracy
	Chapter 6. A Pragmatic Public Policy Analysis Method
		The Rational Public Policy Analysis Method: History and Form
		A Five-Step Method
		Summary of the Five-Step Method
		Concluding Thoughts
		Glossary Terms
			Case Study: Playing Politics: Bison, Brucellosis, Business, and Bureaucrats
		Notes
	Chapter 7. Problem Definition, Mixed Methodologies, and Praxis
		Anti-Praxis: The Two Tracks of Policy Analysis
		The Ambiguous and Subjective Nature of Events in the System
		School Shootings and Problem Definition
		What Is the “Truth” and How Are Policies Generated?
		Stone and Company: The Symbolic Representation of Problem Definition
		The Social Construction of Public Problems
		Mixed-Methods Tools
		Concluding Thoughts
		Glossary Terms
			Case Study: School Shootings and Focus Group Research: Narrative Analysis and
Problem Definition
		Notes
	Chapter 8. D oing Democracy: A New (Six) Step Model
		Defining Democracy
		Democracy as an Ambiguous Symbol
		The Critique of Traditional Policy Analysis
		Structuring Democracy
		Communitarianism and Democracy
		Democratizing Steps I through IV and Inserting a New Fifth Step into a Six-Step Model
		Doing Democracy: Postpositivist Tools
		Ethics as Democracy
		A Tie that Binds
			Mini-Case: Kathmandu: Red Pandas, Hunger, USAID, and Agriculture in Nepal
		Concluding Thoughts
		Glossary Terms
			Case Study: Big-Mart: Cheap Goods at What Price? Stakeholders and Storytellers: Playing
Politics and the Policy Process
		Notes
Part IV: Conclusion: Praxis/Practice
	Chapter 9. Wrapping Up and Letting You Show Off
		Do Facts Matter?
			Mini-Case: Opioid Abuse and Waterville (Revisited)
		Concluding Thoughts
Glossary
Bibliography
Index