Monday, December 5, 2011

Good Text Book on Public Policy

    Section I:  What Is Public Policy?

    Chapter 1:  Public Decision Making
    Chapter 2:  Why Is It So Hard to Make the World a Better Place?

    Section II:  Why We Do What We Do

    Chapter 3:  Understanding Individual Behavior:  Rational Man and Woman
    Chapter 4:  Understanding Group Behavior:  Collective Action        
    Chapter 5:  Evaluating Social Welfare

    Section III:  Markets and Government

    Chapter 6:  The Political Process
    Chapter 7:  The Market System
    Chapter 8:  The Role of Government

    Section IV: Tools for Analysis

    Chapter 9:  Gathering and Measuring Information
    Chapter 10:  Basic Data Analysis
    Chapter 11:  Introduction to Regression Analysis
    Chapter 12:  Benefit-Cost Analysis
    Chapter 13:  Program Evaluation

    Section V:  Making Policy

    Chapter 14:  The Role of Institutions
    Chapter 15:  Policy Design

Introduction to Public Policy by Charles Wheelan