Preface
About the Author
1. The Purpose and Nature of Public Policy
Frameworks
2. The Policymaking Process
3. Public Policies as Investments
Applications
4. Public Infrastructure
5. Defense and Homeland Security
6. Public Schooling
7. Health Care
8. Poverty Alleviation
9. Criminal Justice
10. Science Funding
11. Environmental Protection
An Agenda For Change
12. Policy Legacies
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Terms
Index
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Michael Mintrom is a Professor of Public Sector Management at Monash University. He holds a joint appointment at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government as Academic Director of its Executive Master of Public Administration degree, offered in collaboration with the organisation's
eleven university partners. Michael is past president of the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association. He is a globally respected expert on policy analysis and policy entrepreneurship. His books include Contemporary Policy Analysis (Oxford University Press, 2012), People
Skills for Policy Analysts (Georgetown University Press, 2003), and Policy Entrepreneurs and School Choice (Georgetown University Press, 2000). Michael holds a PhD from the State University of New York - Stony Brook. He has taught public policy at Michigan State University, Monash University, the
University of Auckland, and the University of Southern California. He lives with his family in Melbourne, Australia.
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