Peters, B. Guy. <br/><br/>
American public policy :  promise and performance / 
B. Guy Peters. 
 - 7th ed. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  CQ Press,  c2007. 
 - xvi, 555 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>What is public policy? -- The structure of policymaking in American government -- Agenda setting and public policy -- Legitimating policy choices -- Organizations and implementation -- Budgeting : allocation and public policy -- Evaluation and policy change -- Economic policy -- Tax policy -- Health care policies -- Income maintenance : social security and welfare -- Education policy -- Energy and the environment -- Protective policies : defense and law enforcement -- Culture wars in American politics : regulating social life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781933116747 (alk. paper) 1933116749 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006036067 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political planning--United States.<br/>Policy sciences.<br/>Ciencia política--Estados Unidos.<br/>Planificación política--Estados Unidos.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government.<br/>Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK 271  / P481a 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.60973