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American domestic policy : substance and process / Brian R. Farmer.
Van Pelt Library JK468.P64 F37 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farmer, Brian R., 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political planning--United States.
- Political planning.
- Environmental policy.
- United States.
- Medical policy--United States.
- Medical policy.
- United States--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- United States--Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 274 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2003]
- Summary:
- n American Domestic Policy, Brian Farmer presents a description and analysis of the substance and process of American public policy in five major policy areas including the environment, health care, civil rights, social welfare and crime. Case studies are included in each major policy area to provide a better understanding of the forces and processes that shape American domestic policy.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Public Policy 1
- Chapter 2 Environmental Policy 23
- Chapter 3 Health Care Policy 57
- Chapter 4 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 99
- Chapter 5 Social Welfare Policy 139
- Chapter 6 Crime Policy 179
- A Comparative Health Care Data 233
- B The Process of Incorporation 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761825649
- 0761825657
- OCLC:
- 52152492
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