The Maxwell Manual for Good Citizenship: Public Policy Skill in Action

By Bill Coplin

This is a completely revised update of the third edition of Public Policy Skills. That manual has been used to teach more than 30,000 students at Syracuse University and in a college credit course taught at more than 50 high schools as part of the academic program of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the Number 1 school of public affairs in the country. Using this book and taking a course based on it prepares you to bring your heart and your mind to solving the many problems that we face in the twenty-first century. The book teaches students the essential components for public policy analysis; how to get information from published sources and individuals; how to survey stakeholders; formulate public policy; examine costs and benefits of a policy; develop political strategies; write a briefing paper; research and write a quantitative research paper; among other skills.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936826444
• ISBN13: 9780936826448
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary