1. The Study of Public Policy
   • The Plan of This Book
   • What Is Public Policy?
   • Categories of Public Policies
   • Approaches to Policy Study
   • Methodological Difficulties in Studying Public Policy
2. The Policy-Makers and Their Environment
   • The Policy Environment
   • The Official Policy-Makers
   • Nongovernmental Participants
   • Levels of Politics
3. Policy Formation: Problems, Agendas, and Formulation
   • Policy Problems
   • The Policy Agenda
   • The Agenda-Setting Process
   • Nondecisions
   • The Loss of Agenda Status
   • Two Cases in Agenda Setting
   • The Formulation of Policy Proposals
   • Policy Formulation as a Technical Process
   • A Concluding Comment
4. Policy Adoption
   • Theories of Decision-Making
   • Decision Criteria
   • The Public Interest
   • Styles of Decision Making
   • Presidential Decision-Making
5. Budgeting and Public Policy
   • The Budget and Public Policy
   • The National Budgetary Process
6. Policy Implementation
   • Who Implements Policy?
   • Administrative Organization
   • Administrative Politics
   • Administrative Policymaking
   • Techniques of Control
   • Compliance
7. Policy Impact, Evaluation, and Change
   • Policy Impact
   • Policy Evaluation
   • Policy Evaluation Processes
   • Problems in Policy Evaluation
   • Policy Evaluation: The Use and Misuse of Cost-Benefit Analysis
   • Policy Termination
8. Concluding Comments