Public Policy


Studying Public Policy

Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems
Third Edition
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Paperback May 2009 ISBN13: 9780195428025ISBN10: 0195428021 Examines three dimensions of efforts to engage and resolve public problems: policy actors, institutions, and ideas.

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Governing Through Crime

How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear
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Paperback Apr 2009 ISBN13: 9780195386011ISBN10: 0195386019 Starting at the collapse of the New Deal approach to governing during the 1960s, Jonathan Simon traces the process by which our everyday world became dominated by fear, and one in which every citizen is treated as a potential criminal.

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When Prisoners Come Home

Parole and Prisoner Reentry
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Paperback Mar 2009 ISBN13: 9780195386127ISBN10: 0195386124 A broad and empirically informed resource, this book explores the critical dimensions of prisoner reentry and offers policy and program solutions.

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The Oxford Handbook of Crime and Public Policy

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Hardback Mar 2009 ISBN13: 9780195336177ISBN10: 0195336178 This handbook offers a comprehensive examination of crimes as public policy subjects to provide an authoritative overview of current knowledge about the nature, scale, and effects of diverse forms of criminal behavior and of efforts to prevent and control them.


Multicultural Odysseys

Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity
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Paperback Mar 2009 ISBN13: 9780199562558ISBN10: 0199562555 Using an innovative blend of political theory, international law, and studies on the sociological and geo-political foundations of minority rights, this landmark publication will set the debate on the likely future of the international politics of diversity.

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The World Heroin Market

Can Supply Be Cut?
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Hardback Mar 2009 ISBN13: 9780195322996ISBN10: 0195322991 The first book to provide a detailed look at the hidden and murky underworld of opiate production and heroin trafficking across the globe

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Imprisoning Communities

How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse
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Paperback Feb 2009 ISBN13: 9780195387209ISBN10: 0195387201 In the first detailed empirical exploration of the effects of mass incarceration on poor communities, Todd Clear calls for a rethinking of the current strategies and policies of criminal justice.

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Conservatism and American Political Development

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Paperback Feb 2009 ISBN13: 9780195373936ISBN10: 0195373936 A comprehensive discussion of American political development, spanning multiple administrations and covering a wide range of policy issues.


Conservatism and American Political Development

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Hardback Jan 2009 ISBN13: 9780195373929ISBN10: 0195373928 A comprehensive discussion of American political development, spanning multiple administrations and covering a wide range of policy issues.


Banking Regulation and Globalization

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Hardback Jan 2009 ISBN13: 9780199218813ISBN10: 0199218811 A look at how globalization is affecting democratic nation states

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