See Martin J. Smith, Pressure, Power, and Policy (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994). 43. Matt Grossman, “The Variable Politics of the Policy Process: Issue-Area Differences and Comparative Networks,” Journal of Politics ...
American Public Policy: An Introduction
Quoted in Robert Shogan, Harry Truman and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2013), 2 102. Rawn James, Jr., The Double V: How Wars, Protest, and Harry Truman ...
All Rights Thomas J. Curran, Xenophobia and Immigration, 1820–1930 (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1975), 21; James Lincoln Collier, The Rise of Selfishness in America (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991); and Cheryl Shanks, ...
Known for providing a trusted and comprehensive overview of the policy process, B. Guy Peters returns with the ninth edition of American Public Policy: Promise and Performance.
Perfect for one- or two-semester introductory courses, the text combines history and description of public policy with debate over alternatives in each chapter, presenting the material clearly and succinctly and encouraging rigorous ...
American Public Policy: An Introduction
This foundational text takes students through the governmental systems and core theories of policymaking before turning to in-depth exploration of key policy areas and tools of policy analysis.
American Public Policy: Process and Performance
Now in its eighth edition, B. Guy Peters’s trusted text once again provides a meticulous overview of the process behind—and the current state of— American public policy. In addition to...
American Public Policy: Promise and Performance
American Public Policy: Promise and Performance
American Public Policy: Promise and Performance, 9th Ed. + Lobbying and Policymaking Package
The Twelfth Edition covers new topics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the rising costs of health care, and the rollback of environmental regulations under the Trump administration.
This revised edition begins by defining American public policy and its environments, as well as identifying the governmental structures through which policy is designed and reshaped. Then it explains the...
This updated edition of American Public Policy by B. Guy Peters provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the policy-making process from procedural approaches and policy instruments to in-depth analysis of specific policy issues.
This foundational text takes students through the governmental systems and core theories of policymaking before turning to in-depth exploration of key policy areas and tools of policy analysis.