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(University of Wisconsin Green Bay USA), (University of Virginia USA)
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  • ISBN-10: 154434158X
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  • Formatas: Multiple-component retail product, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x188x46 mm, weight: 1417 g, 2 Items, Contains 3 paperbacks
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-Aug-2018
  • Leidėjas: CQ Press
  • ISBN-10: 154434158X
  • ISBN-13: 9781544341583
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This bundle includes Michael Kraft's Public Policy 6e and Andrew Pennock's The CQ Press Writing Guide for Public Policy
The CQ Press Writing Guide For Public Policy
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
About the Author
xix
Part 1: Introduction
1(12)
Chapter 1 Audiences and Audience-Centered Writing in Public Policy
3(10)
What Is Audience-Centered Writing?
3(1)
Who Is the Audience in Policy Settings?
4(2)
The Different Audiences in Policy Settings
6(2)
Elected Officials
6(1)
Bureaucrats
7(1)
The Media
8(1)
What Do These Policy Audiences Need to Know?
8(2)
Learning the Skills of Audience-Centered Writing
10(1)
Checklist
10(1)
Exercises
11(1)
Bibliography
12(1)
Part 2: The Skills Of Policy Writing
13(122)
Chapter 2 Generating and Organizing Your Argument
15(22)
Example: The Problem of Sharing Economy Businesses
15(1)
Writing Is Thinking, Then Communicating
16(1)
The Process of Creating a First Draft
17(9)
Learn About the Contours of the Issue
17(2)
Develop a Problem Statement
19(1)
Create an Outline
19(2)
A Standard Policy Outline
21(4)
Write in Your Outline
25(1)
Gather Evidence for Your Argument
26(1)
Documents
26(4)
People
30(2)
Think Critically About People's Perspectives and Incentives
31(1)
Revise Your Draft
32(1)
Solicit Feedback on Your Drafts
32(1)
Conclusion
33(1)
Checklist
34(1)
Exercises
34(1)
Bibliography
35(2)
Chapter 3 Improving Your Writing: Sentences and Words
37(18)
How to Identify and Create Good Sentences
38(1)
Principle 1: Characters Make Good Subjects
39(5)
Example: Put Subjects in Their Places
41(1)
Missing Characters
42(2)
Principle 2: Actions Make Good Verbs
44(3)
Example: Activate Your Verbs
44(2)
When Are Nominalizations Useful?
46(1)
Principle 3: Choose Words Wisely
47(2)
Conclusion
49(1)
Checklist
50(1)
Exercises
50(2)
Bibliography
52(1)
Answer Key
52(3)
Chapter 4 Writing Well: Paragraphs and Sections
55(20)
Cohesion: Do My Sentences Connect Together?
56(5)
The Importance of Connections
56(3)
Example: Improving a Paragraph
59(2)
Coherence: Does My Paragraph Make Sense as a Whole?
61(4)
Editing at a Global Level; Making the Document Make Sense as a Whole
65(6)
Global Coherence; Decide if All the Paragraphs and Sections in Your Draft Should Stay
65(3)
Global Cohesion; Help Your Readers Understand How the Sections Fit Together
68(3)
Conclusion
71(1)
Checklist
71(1)
Exercises
72(1)
Bibliography
73(2)
Chapter 5 Visually Communicating: On Creating and Writing About Tables
75(18)
Principles for Designing Visuals
77(3)
Tables
80(5)
Elements of a Successful Table
80(1)
A Bad Example
81(1)
A Better Example
82(1)
Best Example
82(3)
Writing About a Table
85(5)
A Bad Example
86(1)
A Better Example
87(1)
Best Example
87(3)
Conclusion
90(1)
Checklist
90(1)
Tables Checklist
90(1)
Exercises
91(1)
Bibliography
91(2)
Chapter 6 Visually Communicating: On Creating and Writing About Graphs and Other Figures
93(24)
Elements of a Successful Figure
93(4)
Graphs
97(8)
Bar Graphs
97(4)
Line Graphs
101(1)
Scatterplots
102(1)
Complex Scatterplots (or, What Hans Rosling Has Wrought)
103(2)
Figures
105(7)
GIS Maps
105(2)
Resized Maps
107(2)
Treemaps
109(2)
Process Maps
111(1)
Conclusion
112(1)
Exercises
112(2)
Bibliography
114(3)
Chapter 7 Pulling It All Together: Creating Professional-Quality Work
117(18)
Polishing Your Document
117(10)
Principle 1: Orient Your Audience From the Start
118(1)
Principle 2: Create an Effective Executive Summary (When Needed)
119(2)
Principle 3: Don't Bury Important Information in the Conclusion
121(1)
Principle 4: Create a Global Map Using Headings and Subheadings
121(2)
Principle 5: Use Bulleted Lists and Font Alterations Judiciously
123(2)
Principle 6: Write in the Appropriate Tone
125(1)
Principle 7: Be Absolutely Error Free (or, Pass the Brown M&M Test)
126(1)
Writing Ethically: The Responsibilities of Policy Writing
127(5)
Principle 8: Be an Excellent, Audience-Centered Writer
128(1)
Principle 9: Don't Obfuscate (or, Write Directly)
129(1)
Principle 10: Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
130(1)
Principle 11: Don't Lie
131(1)
Conclusion
132(1)
Checklist
132(1)
Exercises
133(1)
Bibliography
133(2)
Part 3: Policy Genres And Their Purposes
135(112)
Chapter 8 The Issue Brief
137(18)
Distinctive Aspects of Issue Briefs
138(2)
Narrowly Focused on Communicating One Important Message
138(1)
Very Brief
138(1)
No Specific Audience
139(1)
Focus on Communicating the Facts
139(1)
Heavy Use of Visual Aids
139(1)
Neutral Tone
140(1)
Example Issue Briefs
140(11)
Issue Brief Example 1: Voluntary Home Visiting in California (an Excellent Example)
140(4)
Issue Brief Example 2: Connecting CalWorks With Home Visiting (an Issue Brief That Could Be Improved)
144(1)
Example 3: Economic Well-Being of Rhode Island Families: The Promise and Practice of Two-Generation Approaches (a Longer, Plainer Issue Brief That Is Well Written)
144(7)
Conclusion
151(1)
Checklist
151(1)
Exercises
152(1)
Bibliography
152(3)
Chapter 9 Policy History
155(22)
Distinctive Aspects of Policy Histories
155(5)
Legislative History
156(2)
Regulatory History
158(2)
How to Organize a Policy History
160(1)
Example Policy Histories
161(13)
Example 1: Cyber Security Efforts by the Legislature and Commissions
161(4)
Example 2: Legislative History on American Indian Health and the ACA
165(5)
Example 3: Regulatory Actions by the United States' Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
170(4)
Conclusion
174(1)
Checklist
175(1)
Exercises
176(1)
Bibliography
176(1)
Chapter 10 The Decision Memo
177(18)
Distinctive Aspects of Decision Memos
177(4)
Memo Format
178(1)
Abbreviated Policy Analysis
178(2)
Highly Standardized Structure and Headings
180(1)
Deciding About a Criteria Section
180(1)
Assuring Alignment
180(1)
Example Decision Memos
181(11)
Example 1: Responding to Lead Poisoning in New York City
181(4)
Example 2: H1N1 and School Closures in Texas
185(3)
Example 3: Raising Virginia's Felony Larceny Threshold
188(4)
Conclusion
192(1)
Checklist
193(1)
Exercises
194(1)
Bibliography
194(1)
Chapter 11 Op-Eds
195(18)
Distinctive Aspects of Op-Eds
196(4)
Your Values Matter Here
196(1)
You Can Be Literary
197(1)
While Your Opinion Matters, the Facts Still Count
198(1)
Balance the Prescriptive and the Descriptive
198(1)
Create a Lede (Narrative Hook) That Grabs Your Audience
199(1)
Limitations of the Genre
199(1)
Example Op-Eds
200(9)
Example 1: "Don't Get Sick Past July"
200(3)
Example 2: "Amazon's HQ3 Won't Be in the U.S. Unless Something Changes"
203(3)
Example 3: "The Dignity of Choice in Terminal Illness"
206(3)
Conclusion: Writing (and Publishing!) Your Own Op-Ed
209(1)
Checklist
210(1)
Exercises
210(1)
Bibliography
211(2)
Chapter 12 Legislative Testimony and Public Comment: Writing to Persuade the Government
213(22)
Distinctive Aspects of Testimony and Comment
214(2)
You're an Advocate, Not a Neutral Policy Analyst
214(1)
Understand the Context
215(1)
Memo Style
215(1)
Make Sure to Introduce Your Organization
216(1)
Don't Bury the Lede
216(1)
Thank You's Matter
216(1)
Legislative Testimony
216(8)
Example 1: Evidence Shows That "Ban the Box" Doesn't Work (and Might Hurt)
218(3)
Example 2: Renewable Energy in Rhode Island
221(3)
Public Comment for Regulations
224(8)
Example 3: Public Health Association for Trans-Fats Regulation
224(4)
Example 4: Corporate Comment on Trans-Fats Regulation
228(4)
Conclusion
232(1)
Checklist
232(1)
Exercises
233(1)
Bibliography
234(1)
Chapter 13 Writing for Nontraditional Formats: Email and Social Media
235
Email
235(6)
You're Always on the Record
235(2)
Being on the Record Has Consequences
237(1)
Remember That Email Has No Context
237(1)
Never Email When Emotional (or Late at Night) (or Drunk)
238(1)
Formality Matters
238(1)
Use Good Email Etiquette
238(3)
Twitter
241(4)
Push Out Important Information Quickly
242(1)
Have a Public Conversation
243(1)
Providing Context to Current Events
243(1)
Point to Longer Articles and Resources
244(1)
Advice on Writing for Twitter
244(1)
Conclusion
245(1)
Checklist
246(1)
Exercises
246(1)
Bibliography
247(2)
Index
249
Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
Boxes, Figures, and Tables
xvii
Preface
xxi
About the Authors
xxviii
Part I The Study Of Public Policy
1 Public Policy and Politics
2(34)
What Is Public Policy?
5(3)
Defining Basic Concepts
8(3)
Government
8(1)
Politics
9(2)
Policy Analysis
11(1)
Why Study Public Policy?
11(4)
Citizens' Ability to Participate and Make Choices
12(2)
Citizens' Ability to Influence Policy Decisions
14(1)
The Contexts of Public Policy
15(7)
Social Context
15(1)
Economic Context
16(2)
Political Context
18(2)
Governing Context
20(1)
Cultural Context
21(1)
The Reasons for Government Involvement
22(5)
Political Reasons
22(1)
Moral or Ethical Reasons
23(1)
Economics and Market Failures
23(4)
The Practice of Policy Analysis
27(4)
The Many Uses of Policy Analysis
27(1)
Citizens' Use of Policy Analysis
28(2)
How to Decide Which Policy Is Best: Using Multiple Criteria
30(1)
Conclusions
31(2)
Discussion Questions
33(1)
Keywords
33(1)
Suggested Readings
33(1)
Suggested Websites
34(1)
Notes
34(2)
2 Government Institutions and Policy Actors
36(42)
Growth of Government
39(3)
Government Institutions and Policy Capacity
42(3)
Federalism
45(6)
The Evolution of Federal-State Relations
47(1)
State Variation in Policy Capacity
48(3)
Separation of Powers
51(10)
Legislative Branch
52(3)
Executive Branch
55(4)
Judicial Branch
59(2)
Informal Policy Actors and Policy Capacity
61(10)
Public Opinion and Policymaking
61(4)
Interest Groups, Nonprofits, and Public Policy
65(3)
Media
68(2)
Policy Subgovernments and Issue Networks
70(1)
Improving Policy Capacity
71(2)
Conclusions
73(1)
Discussion Questions
74(1)
Keywords
74(1)
Suggested Readings
75(1)
Suggested Websites
75(1)
Notes
76(2)
3 Understanding Public Policymaking
78(40)
Theories of Politics and Public Policy
82(7)
Elite Theory
82(1)
Group Theory
83(2)
Institutional Theory
85(1)
Rational Choice Theory
86(2)
Political Systems Theory
88(1)
The Policy Process Model
89(18)
Problem Definition and Agenda Setting
91(7)
Policy Formulation
98(2)
Policy Legitimation
100(2)
Policy Implementation
102(2)
Policy Evaluation
104(1)
Policy Change
105(2)
Instruments of Public Policy
107(4)
Regulation
108(1)
Government Management
109(1)
Taxing and Spending
109(1)
Market Mechanisms
110(1)
Education, Information, and Persuasion
110(1)
Policy Typologies
111(2)
Conclusions
113(1)
Discussion Questions
114(1)
Keywords
114(1)
Suggested Readings
114(1)
Suggested Websites
115(1)
Notes
115(3)
Part II Analyzing Public Policy
4 Policy Analysis: An Introduction
118(28)
The Nature of Policy Analysis
121(2)
Steps in the Policy Analysis Process
123(8)
Define and Analyze the Problem
125(1)
Construct Policy Alternatives
126(1)
Choose Evaluative Criteria
127(2)
Assess the Alternatives
129(1)
Draw Conclusions
130(1)
Types of Policy Analysis
131(5)
Scientific Approaches
134(1)
Professional Approaches
134(2)
Political Approaches
136(1)
What Kind of Analysis Is Needed?
136(6)
Deal with Root Causes or Make Pragmatic Adjustments?
136(2)
Comprehensive Analysis or Short-Term Policy Relevance?
138(1)
Consensual or Contentious Analysis?
139(1)
Reliance on Rational Analysis or Democratic Politics?
140(1)
Other Aspects of Policy Analysis
140(2)
Conclusions
142(1)
Discussion Questions
142(1)
Keywords
143(1)
Suggested Readings
143(1)
Suggested Websites
143(1)
Leading General Journals of Public Policy
144(1)
Major Professional Newsweeklies with Policy Coverage
144(1)
Notes
144(2)
5 Public Problems and Policy Alternatives
146(32)
Problem Analysis
149(12)
The Nature of the Problem
150(7)
Thinking about Causes and Solutions
157(4)
How to Find Information
161(2)
Constructing Alternatives
163(6)
What Governments Can Do
164(2)
Policy Typologies as Analytic Tools
166(3)
Thinking Creatively about Policy Action
169(3)
Conclusions
172(1)
Discussion Questions
173(1)
Keywords
173(1)
Suggested Readings
173(1)
Suggested Websites
174(1)
Notes
174(4)
6 Assessing Policy Alternatives
178(44)
Evaluative Criteria for Judging Policy Proposals
181(11)
Effectiveness
184(2)
Efficiency
186(2)
Equity
188(3)
Ethics and Political Values
191(1)
Using the Methods of Policy Analysis
192(1)
Economic Approaches
193(11)
Cost-Benefit Analysis
193(6)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
199(1)
Risk Assessment
200(4)
Decision Making and Impacts
204(3)
Forecasting
204(2)
Impact Assessment
206(1)
Political and Institutional Approaches
207(4)
Political Feasibility Analysis
208(1)
Implementation Analysis and Program Evaluation
209(2)
Ethical Analysis
211(3)
Conclusions
214(1)
Discussion Questions
215(1)
Keywords
215(1)
Suggested Readings
215(1)
Suggested Websites
216(1)
Notes
216(6)
Part III Issues And Controversies In Public Policy
7 Economic and Budgetary Policy
222(48)
Background
226(2)
Goals of Economic Policy
228(8)
Economic Growth
229(1)
Low Levels of Unemployment
230(2)
Low Levels of Inflation
232(1)
Positive Balance of Trade
233(1)
Managing Deficits and Debt
234(2)
Interrelationships of Economic Goals
236(1)
Tools of Economic Policy
236(7)
Fiscal Policy
237(1)
Monetary Policy
237(1)
Regulation
238(2)
Incentives, Subsidies, and Support
240(1)
Tax Policy
241(2)
The Budget Process and Its Effect on Economic Policy
243(4)
Assumptions and Planning
244(1)
Agency Budget Development
244(1)
OMB Budget Review
245(1)
Congressional Review
245(2)
Budget Execution and Control
247(1)
Economic Policy: Successes and Failures
247(5)
Significant Income Tax Cuts
248(1)
Responses to the Deficit
249(2)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
251(1)
Economic Issues and Challenges
252(4)
Maintaining Economic Growth
252(2)
Growth of Entitlements
254(1)
Income Inequality
254(2)
Focused Discussion: How to Address the Budgetary Shortfall
256(8)
Economic Issues
258(2)
Political Issues
260(2)
Equity and Other Ethical Issues
262(2)
Conclusions
264(2)
Discussion Questions
266(1)
Keywords
266(1)
Major Legislation
266(1)
Suggested Readings
266(1)
Suggested Websites
267(1)
Notes
267(3)
8 Health Care Policy
270(46)
Background
273(12)
Evolution of Health Care Policy
276(4)
A Hybrid System of Public and Private Health Care
280(1)
The Perils of Being Uninsured
281(1)
Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Health Care System
282(1)
A Pluralistic Health Care System
283(2)
Major Government Health Care Programs
285(7)
Medicare
285(2)
Medicaid
287(3)
Veterans' Health Care
290(2)
Other Health Care Policy Issues
292(1)
Portability
292(1)
Patients' Rights
292(1)
Rising Health Care Costs
293(3)
State Policy Innovations
294(2)
Regulation of Prescription Drugs
296(1)
Managed Care Organizations
296(2)
Reducing Health Care Costs
298(2)
Quality of Care
300(2)
Medical Errors
301(1)
Focused Discussion; Should There Be Greater Emphasis on Preventive Health Care?
302(6)
Effectiveness
302(3)
Economic Efficiency Issues
305(1)
Equity and Other Ethical Issues
306(2)
Conclusions
308(1)
Discussion Questions
309(1)
Keywords
309(1)
Major Legislation
309(1)
Suggested Readings
310(1)
Suggested Websites
310(1)
Notes
310(6)
9 Welfare and Social Security Policy
316(38)
Background
318(6)
Poverty
319(5)
Social Security
324(9)
Social Security's Changing Demographics
328(1)
Problems with Social Security
329(1)
Financing Social Security
330(3)
Welfare
333(10)
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
334(1)
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
335(1)
The Earned Income Tax Credit
336(1)
Welfare Reform Options
337(1)
Welfare Reform Law
337(2)
Analysis of the Welfare Reform Law
339(4)
Focused Discussion: Can We Do Better? Addressing Poverty
343(5)
Economic and Effectiveness Issues
344(2)
Political Issues
346(1)
Ethics and Equity Issues
347(1)
Conclusions
348(1)
Discussion Questions
349(1)
Keywords
350(1)
Major Legislation
350(1)
Suggested Readings
350(1)
Suggested Websites
351(1)
Notes
351(3)
10 Education Policy
354(42)
Background
357(3)
Problems Facing Education
360(8)
Funding
361(1)
Separation of Church and State
362(1)
Quality
363(5)
Education Policy Reforms
368(8)
Merit Pay
368(1)
Teacher Standards, Certification, and Salaries
369(2)
School Vouchers, School Choice, and Charter Schools
371(3)
School Testing
374(2)
Higher Education Issues
376(4)
Affirmative Action
376(1)
Costs of Higher Education
377(3)
Focused Discussion: Higher Education Affordability, Cost, and Value
380(8)
Economic Issues
383(1)
Political Issues
384(2)
Equity and Ethical Issues
386(2)
Conclusions
388(1)
Discussion Questions
389(1)
Keywords
390(1)
Major Legislation
390(1)
Suggested Readings
390(1)
Suggested Websites
391(1)
Notes
391(5)
11 Environmental and Energy Policy
396(48)
Background
400(3)
The Evolution of Environmental and Energy Policy
403(5)
Early Environmental and Energy Policies
404(1)
The Modern Environmental Movement and Policy Developments
404(4)
From Consensus to Conflict in Environmental Policy
408(1)
Major Federal Environmental Policies
409(19)
The National Environmental Policy Act
412(1)
Environmental Protection Statutes and the EPA
413(11)
Natural Resource Policies
424(4)
Energy Policy
428(2)
Focused Discussion: Climate Change and Energy Policy Alternatives
430(7)
Economic Issues
432(2)
Political Feasibility
434(1)
Ethical Issues
435(2)
Conclusions
437(1)
Discussion Questions
438(1)
Keywords
438(1)
Major Legislation
438(1)
Suggested Readings
439(1)
Suggested Websites
439(1)
Notes
440(4)
12 Foreign Policy and Homeland Security
444(44)
Background and Policy Evolution
448(17)
The Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Cold War
449(1)
The United Nations and Globalization
450(2)
Military Buildup and Nuclear Weapons
452(4)
The Intelligence Agencies and the War in Iraq
456(5)
Economic and Military Assistance: Foreign Aid
461(4)
Selected Issues in Homeland Security
465(6)
Comparing Homeland Security Threats: How Vulnerable Are We?
466(2)
The Case of Transportation Security
468(3)
Focused Discussion: Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism
471(7)
Effectiveness and Efficiency
471(2)
Legal and Ethical Concerns
473(5)
Conclusions
478(1)
Discussion Questions
479(1)
Keywords
479(1)
Major Legislation
480(1)
Suggested Readings
480(1)
Suggested Websites
480(1)
Notes
481(7)
Part IV Conclusions
13 Politics, Analysis, and Policy Choice
488(31)
Policy Analysis, Citizen Participation, and Policy Change
492(4)
Public Policies and Their Impacts
496(5)
Policy Conflicts and Incremental Decision Making
497(1)
Policy Strategies with No Crystal Ball
498(3)
Policy Analysis and Policy Choices
501(6)
Evaluating Public Policy
501(2)
Improving Policy Capacity
503(4)
Citizen Participation in Decision Making
507(5)
Citizen Capacity and Policy Engagement
508(2)
New Forms of Citizen Participation
510(2)
Conclusions
512(1)
Discussion Questions
513(1)
Keywords
513(1)
Major Legislation
513(1)
Suggested Readings
514(1)
Suggested Websites
514(1)
Notes
514(5)
Glossary
519(10)
References
529(13)
Index
542