PUBLIC POLICY AND GLOBAL CHANGE

ISBN: 9781609271046 Géneros: JPQB Sinópsis: Public Policy and Global Change offers an introduction to the study of American public policy and examination of significant issues on the American policy agenda Unlike most public policy textbooks it attempts to connect major challenges in American society to global economic environmental cultural and political changes The title is designed to help students understand the forces shaping their lives and American society in an age of globalizationThis knowledge is vital for students to practice democratic citizenship casting informed votes participating in the nations political life and helping others to reach a better understanding of American public policy While effective as a standalone text this book is a companion to Dennis Patterson ed Readings in American Public Policy The two books used together offer broad coverage of important issues and a wide range of diverse viewpoints on these issuesThe selections in Public Policy and Global Change Illustrate globalizations effects on American politics and policy Provide a broad spectrum of views on significant policy issues Examine the issue of rising inequalityDr John Barkdull Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech University has taught courses in American public policy since 1993 Recently he was Distinguished Visiting Professor at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs He has been the recipient of a Fulbright Senior Fellowship to teach in Bangladesh and a FulbrightHays fellowship to study in Southeast Asia Dr Barkdull has published in the American Political Science Review Social Science Quarterly Presidential Studies Quarterly and other scholarly journals and has authored a number of book chapters Furthermore he has penned an extensive amount of policyoriented articles and textbook materials for classroom use Dr Barkdull directs both the Global Affairs program at Texas Tech and the International Studies minor and is faculty