Abstract
"Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, Policy Paradox shows students that politics cannot be removed from policy making and replaced with rational, scientific analysis. With her trademark warm and captivating prose, Deborah Stone shows why people care so passionately about policy and why values, not factual information, are key to policy conflicts. Policy Paradox gives students the tools to explore their own values as they analyze policy issues. The Third Edition retains the structure of earlier editions but develops the concepts of using today's leading issues, including racial justice, national security, immigration, climate change, human rights, and international development aid. It introduces students to new ideas in policy studies, including behavioral economics, ethical analysis of policy instruments, and neoliberalism. In a new Introduction for 2021 and beyond, Stone presents ten intriguing paradoxes in realms such as Black Lives Matter, Covid, and social media--puzzles that will spur teachers and students alike to hunt for policy paradoxes"--page 4 of cover.