Public Policy Praxis by Randy S. Clemons, Mark K. McBeth - 9780367180348

Public Policy PraxisA Case Approach for Understanding Policy and Analysis\nAuthor(s): Randy S. Clemons, Mark K. McBeth\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367180348, 978-0367180348\nSynopsis\nPublic administration and policy analysis education have long emphasized tidiness, stages, and rationality, but practitioners frequently must deal with a world where objectivity is buffeted by, repressed by, and sometimes defeated by value conflict. Politics and policy are \""messy\"" and power explains much more about the policy process than does rationality. Public Policy Praxis, now in a thoroughly revised fourth edition, uniquely equips students to better grapple with ambiguity and complexity. By emphasizing mixed methodologies, the reader is encouraged, through the use of a wide variety of policy cases, to develop a workable and practical model of applied policy analysis. \n\nStudents are given the opportunity to try out th.