Public Policy Sixth Edition

This edition comes with a full range of high-quality, class-tested instructor and student ancillaries prepared by Chris Borick. Each ancillary is specifically ­tailored to Public Policy.

SAGE edge offers a robust online forum featuring an impressive array of tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. SAGE edge content is open access and available on demand at http://edge.sagepub.com/kraft6e.

SAGE edge for students helps enhance learning and offers a personalized approach to coursework in an easy-to-use environment.

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  Mobile-friendly eFlashcards strengthen understanding of key terms and concepts.
  
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  Mobile-friendly practice quizzes allow for independent assessment by students of their mastery of course material.
  
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  A customized online action plan includes tips and feedback on progress through the course and materials, which allows students to individualize their learning experience.
  
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  Chapter summaries with learning objectives reinforce the most important material.
  
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  Multimedia web links facilitate student use of Internet resources, further exploration of topics, and responses to critical thinking questions.
  

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  A comprehensive test bank provides multiple-choice, true/false, and short- and long-essay questions, as well as the opportunity to edit any question and/or insert personalized questions to effectively assess ­students’ progress and understanding. The test bank is available in Word and fully loaded in ExamView, a flexible and easy-to-use test-generation software that allows instructors to build, customize, and even integrate exams into course management systems.
  
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  Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint slides offer complete flexibility for creating a multimedia presentation for the course.
  
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  An instructor’s manual features chapter overviews and objectives, lecture starters, ideas for class activities, assignments, and discussion questions.
  
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  A set of all the graphics from the text, including all of the maps, tables, and figures, is available in PowerPoint, PDF, and JPEG formats for class presentations.
  

Above all, the text emphasizes the urgency of making government more responsive to citizens’ concerns and equips students with the skills they need to understand policy controversies. These skills are particularly important today, a time of significant political change in the nation and a renewed determination to alter the direction of public policy in many areas. Thus we hope the text inspires students to take a serious interest in government, politics, and public policy, and to participate enthusiastically in policy debates and decision making both today and throughout their lives.