Public policy praxis--theory and pragmatism : a case approach / Randall S. Clemons, Mark K. McBeth.

By:

Clemons, Randall S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2001.Description: xiii, 338 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cmISBN:

0130258822

DDC classification:

320.6 21

LOC classification:

H97 .C56 2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Theory and Practice -- Ch. 1. Public Policy, Power, the people, Pluralism, and You -- Case. "Drug Abuse and Waterville" -- Case. Nightcrawlers and Cappuccino: The Old West versus the New West -- Ch. 2. The Rational Public Policy Method -- Ch. 3. Critiques of the Rational Approach -- Ch. 4. The Nonrational (Political) Approach -- Case. The Expansion of Human Services in Allegheny County, 1968-95 -- Pt. II. Practice and Theory -- Ch. 5. A Pragmatic Public Policy Analysis Method -- Case. Playing Politics: Bison, Brucellosis, Business, and Bureaucrats -- Ch. 6. Postpositivist Problem Definition and Praxis -- Case. School Shooting and Focus Group Research: A Postpositivist Method of Problem Definition -- App. 6-1. Governor's Statement on Diseased Bison -- App. 6-2. Focus Groups and the Yellowstone Bison Controversy -- App. 6-3. Content Analysis and the Bison Case -- Ch. 7. Doing Democracy: A New Fifth Step -- Mini-Case. Southern-Fried Analyst -- Ch. 8. The Positivist Toolbox.

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