Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making (Third Edition)

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-12-16
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, Policy Paradox shows students that politics cannot be cleansed from the process in favor of '¬Srationality.'¬ Author Deborah Stone has fully revised and updated this popular text, which now includes many paradoxes that have arisen since September 11. Examples throughout the book have been updated, and the prose has been streamlined to make a great read even better.

Table of Contents

Politics
The Market and the Polis
Goals
Equity
Efficiency
Welfare
Security
Liberty
Problems
Symbols
Numbers
Causes
Interests
Decisions
Solutions
Incentives
Rules
Persuasion
Rights
Powers
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