托马斯·R·戴伊(Thomas R.Dye)，美国著名公共政策学家，曾执教于美国佐治亚大学、威斯康辛大学和宾夕法尼亚大学，现为美国政府McKenzie教授、佛罗里达州立大学名誉教授。著有《理解公共政策》、《州和社区的政治学》、《美国政治学》、《谁掌管美国？》、《自上而下的政策制定》、《民主的嘲讽》、《权力与社会》等颇具影响的著作。

作者：(加)迈克尔·豪利特 (Michael Howlett)，M·拉米什(M.Ramesh) 迈克尔·豪利特 (Michael Howlett)，Simon,Fraser大学政治科学副教授。 他与M·拉米什(M.Ramesh)合著了《加拿大政治经济学；导论》（1992）， 与K.Brownsey合编了《地方政府》（1992），与D.Laycock合编了《权力之谜》（1994）。

This book develops and analytical framework of the subject for those interested in public policy. Instead of focusing on the susbtantive policy of a particular policy area, the book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundations of, and approaches used in, the policy sciences.

Studying Public Policy examines three dimensions of efforts to engage and resolve public problems: policy actors, institutions, and ideas. Using this focus, the book overviews past efforts to understand public policy-making, outlines the different stages of the policy-making process, and discusses the principal elements and patterns of policy dynamics. Developing an analytical ...(展开全部)

The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. Each volume focuses on a particular part of the discipline, with volumes on Public Policy, Political Theory, Political Economy, Contextual Political Analysis, Comparative Politics, International Relations, La...(展开全部)

"Agents of Power," 2/e examines media in a "global" world and explores timely issues in media and public policy to emphasize the worldwide interaction of media and politics from Washington to Moscow, from the news room to the board room.

Manski argues that public policy is based on untrustworthy analysis. Failing to account for uncertainty in an uncertain world, policy analysis routinely misleads policy makers with expressions of certitude. Manski critiques the status quo and offers an innovation to improve both how policy research is conducted and how it is used by policy makers. Policy analysis, like all empi...(展开全部)

Studying Public Policy develops an analytical framework that will enable students to study public policy more effectively. The first of the books three parts examines different approaches to studying public policy by providing inventories of the relevant types of policy actors, structures, and ideas involved in public policy-making. Part Two then breaks down the policy process ...(展开全部)

It is often assumed that think tanks carry enormous weight with lawmakers. In "Do Think Tanks Matter?" Donald Abelson argues that the basic question of how think tanks have evolved and under what conditions they can and do have an effect is consistently ignored. Think tank directors often credit their institutes with influencing major policy debates and government legislation a...(展开全部)

Do Think Tanks Matter? evaluates the influence and relevance of public policy institutes in today's political arena. Many journalists and scholars believe the explosion of think tanks in the latter part of the twentieth century indicates their growing importance in the policy-making process. This perception has been reinforced by directors of think tanks, who often credit their...(展开全部)