Public policy praxis: a case approach for understanding policy and analysis /
Randy S. Clemons, Mark K. McBeth
- 3rd ed.
- London: Routledge, 2017.
- xviii, 331 p.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317) and index.
Part 1: Overview1. Public Policy, Power, the People, Pluralism, and You Part 2: Theory & Practice: Rationality, Non Rationality, Politics, and the Policy Process 2. The Rational Public Policy Method 3. The Positivist Toolbox 4. Critiques of the Rational Approach 5. The Nonrational (Political) Approach Part 3: Practice and Theory: Problem Definition, Pragmatism, Policy Analysis, Methodologies and Democracy 6. A Pragmatic Public Policy Analysis Method 7. Problem Definition, Mixed Methodologies, and Praxis 8. Doing Democracy: A New (Six) Step Model Part 4: Conclusion: Praxis/Practice 9. Letting You Show Off