ABSTRACT
A core text for undergraduate courses in American Public Policy, or supplemental reading in such courses as Introduction to American Government or Politics, American Public Policy Analysis, Introduction to Political Science. A substantive alternative to typical "issues" texts-which cover too many issues, too superficially-this intriguing and comprehensive text offers a more in-depth and coherent approach to contemporary policy problems and solutions. It provides a conceptual framework in which students can become comfortable actually doing policy analysis, and in learning skills beyond reading about certain political issues. Thematically organized, it looks at nine specific issues grouped into three broad categories that hold an enduring importance in American political life-money and politics, violence and politics, and biology and politics. All nine chapters and their respective topics (campaigns, corruption, welfare, crime, terrorism, arms control, the environment, biomedical issues, and biotechnology) have a strong conceptual base with current political dimensions and policy concerns woven throughout. Students not only learn the context, status, and prospects of issues confronting the U.S. government, but also see how these issues now cross our domestic borders into a global realm.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
part |60 pages
Money and Politics
chapter |18 pages
The Politics of Poverty and the Welfare State
chapter |14 pages
The Politics of Health Care
chapter |22 pages
Money in Public Office: Campaign Finance, Graft, and Corruption
part |88 pages
Violence and Politics
chapter |29 pages
The Politics of Crime in America
chapter |24 pages
The Politics of Terrorism
part |102 pages
Biology and Politics