Smith, Kevin B. <br/><br/>
The Public policy theory primer / 
Kevin B. Smith and Christopher W. Larimer 
 - Colorado :  Westview Press,  c2013 
 - ix, 273 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>1. Public policy as a concept and a field (or fields) of study -- 2. Does politics cause policy? Does policy cause politics? -- 3. Who makes decisions? How do they make decisions? Actors and institutions -- 4. Where does policy come from? The policy process -- 5. What should we do? The field of policy analysis -- 6. What have we done? Impact analysis and program evaluation -- 7. How does it work? Policy implementation -- 8. Whose values? Policy design -- 9. New directions in policy research -- 10. Do the policy sciences exist? 
<br/><br/> A thoroughly updated investigation of the key theories in contemporary public policy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813347493 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>POLICY SCIENCES
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H 97 .S58 2013