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。

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)

This textbook uses modern political economy to introduce students of political science, government, economics, and public policy to the politics of the policymaking process. The book’s distinct political economy approach has two virtues. By developing general principles for thinking about policymaking, it can be applied across a range of issue areas. It also unifies the policy ...(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)

Public policy is the business end of political science. It is where theory meets practice in the pursuit of the public good. Political scientists approach public policy in myriad ways. Some approach the policy process descriptively, asking how the need for public intervention comes to be perceived, a policy response formulated, enacted, implemented, and, all too often, subverte...(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)