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