Description

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Provides a consistent and coherent framework for uniting the field of public policy. The authors offer a comprehensive overview of the core questions and concepts, major theoretical frameworks, primary methodological approaches, and key controversies and debates in each subfield of policy studies from the policy process and policy analysis.

About the Author

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Kevin B. Smith is Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Christopher W. Larimer is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa.