The Public Policy Theory Primer

  • The Public Policy Theory Primer
    The Public Policy Theory Primer
    By Kevin B. Smith, Christopher Larimer

    Mark Schneider and Jack Buckley (2002) picked up on this notion of “local factors” or non-outcome factors as dictating school choice and mobility decisions. To understand how parents make school choice decisions, Schneider and Buckley ...

  • The Public Policy Theory Primer
    The Public Policy Theory Primer
    By Kevin B. Smith, Christopher W. Larimer

    Public policy is a broad and interdisciplinary area of study and research in the field tends to reflect this. Yet for those teaching and studying public policy, the disjointed nature...

  • The Public Policy Theory Primer
    The Public Policy Theory Primer
    By Kevin B. Smith, Christopher W. Larimer

    In the second edition, the authors cover new approaches to subsystems theory, policy narratives, behavioral economics and policymaking, implementation theory, and many other new themes in each of the book's ten chapters.

  • The Public Policy Theory Primer
    By Kevin B. Smith, Christopher Wesley Larimer

    A thoroughly updated investigation of the key theories in contemporary public policy.

  • The Public Policy Theory Primer
    The Public Policy Theory Primer
    By Kevin B. Smith, Christopher W. Larimer

    A comprehensive and cohesive overview of the core questions, major theoretical frameworks and key debates in the public policy field.