00994cam a2200181 a 4500020003800000020002600038050001400064100002100078245003800099250001200137260004300149300002000192500002000212505050700232650002100739650002400760700002800784  a9780813347493 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9780813347509 (ebook)00aH 97bSMI1 aSmith, Kevin B.,14aThe public policy theory primer /  a2nd ed.  aBoulder, CO :bWestview Press,cc2013.  aix, 273 pages :  aIncludes index.0 aPublic policy as a concept and a field (or fields) of study -- Does politics cause policy? Does policy cause politics? -- Who makes decisions? How do they make decisions? Actors and institutions -- Where does policy come from? The policy process -- What should we do? The field of policy analysis -- What have we done? Impact analysis and program evaluation -- How does it work? Policy implementation -- Whose values? Policy design -- New directions in policy research -- Do the policy sciences exist?. 0aPolicy sciences. 0aPolitical planning.1 aLarimer, Christopher W.