Evaluating American Democracy and Public Policymaking

This book examines how well the American political systems performs by using multiple criteria, including the level of trust the public has towards the institutions of government, the abilities of the institutions to make good public policy, the extent to which policy is responsive to public opinion, and the extent to which public policy is fair.

Chapter 1
Public Policy-Making in America
Chapter 2
A History of Policy-making in the U. S.
Chapter 3
The Environment of Policymaking in the U. S.
Chapter 4
Actors in the Policymaking System
Chapter 5
Views of Government
Chapter 6
Participation and Public Policy
Chapter 7
Shaping Public Policy: The Unofficial Actors
Chapter 8
Shaping the Response: Official Institutions
Chapter 9
Policy Responsiveness
Chapter 10
Economic Equality
Chapter 11
Income Equality
Chapter 12
Sex Equality
Chapter 13
Age Equality
Chapter 14
Conclusion