Includes index.

Contents :
Introduction : Why This Book ? 1 --
Part I. Politics 17 --
1. The market and the polis 19 --
Part II. Goals 37 --
2. Equity 39 --
3. Efficiency 63 --
4. Welfare 85 --
5. Liberty 107 --
6. Security 129 --
Part III. Problems 155 --
7. Symbols 157 --
8. Numbers 183 --
9. Causes 206 --
10. Interests 229 --
11. Decisions 248 --
Part IV Solutions 269 --
12. Incentives 271 --
13. Rules 289 --
14. Facts 311 --
15. Rights 331 --
16. Powers 354 --
Conclusion : Policy analysis and political argument 379 --
Acknowledgments 387 --
Credits 391 --
Index 393 --

Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By explaining the many paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, Policy Paradox shows students that politics cannot be cleansed from policy making in favor of rational, scientific analysis. Deborah Stone reveals why people care so passionately about policy, and her theory of policy making gives students the tools to explore their own values as they analyze policy politics --
Policy Paradox has always been known for its warm, conversational writing style, and that tradition continues in this major revision. The third Edition retains the existing structure but develops the concepts using today's leading issues, such as national security, racial justice, immigration, climate change, gay rights, international development aid, and human rights. It introduces students to new ideas in policy studies, including behavioral economics, ethical analysis of policy instruments, neoliberalism, and debates over privatization and the proper scope of government. A new chapter on security tackles the paradoxes that arise as societies confront all sorts of potential harms, from terrorisms to genetically modified organisms to natural disasters --