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The teaching of an introductory course in American Government can be a difficult and frustrating endeavor under even the best of circumstances. Given the general level of cynicism and/or lack of interest by large numbers of Americans regarding politics and politicians, the task of generating student enthusiasm, or even mild interest, toward the subject matter can indeed be an arduous one. When the teaching of such a course takes place in a business college, and when the student audience is "captive" to a college requirement that all students must take the course, the task can be rendered considerably more formidable.For the past six years I have been teaching such courses at business colleges — one year at Bryant College in Rhode Island, and the following five years at Bentley College in Massachusetts.

The idea of community involvement and empowerment has become central to politics in recent years. Governments, keen to reduce public spending and increase civic involvement, believe active communities are essential for tackling a range of social, economic and political challenges, such as crime, sustainable development and the provision of care. Public Policy in the Community examines the way that community and the ideas associated with it - civil society, social capital, mutuality, networks - have been understood and applied from the 1960s to the present day. Marilyn Taylor examines the issues involved in putting the community at the heart of policy making, and considers the political and social implications of such a practice. Drawing on a wide range of relevant examples from around the world, the book considers the success of existing approaches and the prospects for further developments. Thoroughly updated to reflect advances in research and practice, the new edition of this important text gives a state-of-the-art assessment of the place of community in public policy.

An examination of conflicting evaluations made of the field of public policy studies since 1970. The field is praised for: (1) providing a new perspective on political & social phenomena, while preserving substantive & methodological principles; (2) being relevant to increased societal productivity, as well as concerned with high-level issues in political theory, social philosophy, & the philosophy of science; (3) stressing an interdisciplinary perspective, while emphasizing the importance of political science in policy formation, implementation, & evaluation; (4) utilizing statistical analysis, optimizing research, mathematical modeling, & psychological decision-analysis, in examining highly normative questions; (5) providing information at national, state, & local levels, as well as in administrative agencies, legislatures, & courts; & (6) being useful to liberals as a form of economic planning, & to conservatives as a means of bringing good business sense to government. It is suggested that, having achieved respectability, it is time to further develop applications of political & social science to important policy problems. Modified AA

1. Policy process / Alan Lyles -- 2. Federal legislative process / Valerie Heitshusen -- 3. Role of federal regulations and how they are developed / Curtis W. Copeland -- 4. Access, quality, and cost / Julie A. Schmittdiel and Marsha Raebel -- 5. Why is medication use less than appropriate? / Duane M. Kirking, David Nau, and Jill Augustine -- 6. Medication adherence and health policy / Meghan M. Kelly and Jon C. Schommer -- 7. Good governance and corruption in the pharmaceutical system / Jillian Clare Kohler -- 8. U.S. Food and Drug Administration / Gregory Dolin -- 9. Risk minimization : a new regulatory challenge directive / Louis A. Morris and Eva Lydick -- 10. Drug shortages / Anna Gu, Dhamil Patel, and Rajesh Nayak -- 11. Drug reimportation into the United States / Albert I. Wertheimer and Qian Ding -- 12. Competition between brand-name and generic drugs / Jianfei J. Guo and Christina M.L. Kelton -- 13. Structure and dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry / Earlene Lipowski -- 14. Health policy and economic issues in biotechnology and personalized medicine / Louis P. Garrison, Jr. -- 15. Pharmaceutical promotion in the United States / Alan Lyles -- 16. Health technology assessment / Laura T. Pizzi and Tony Amos -- 17. Pharmacoeconomics as a response to market failure : an international perspective / Ruth Lopert -- 18. Market for pharmaceuticals / David H. Kreling -- 19. Managed care pharmacy and pharmacy benefit management / Perry Cohen and Mary Claire Wohletz -- 20. Drug insurance design and management / Earle Buddy Lingle and William N. Yates -- 21. Electronic information technology : role in supporting drug use and policy / Gordon Schiff, Tewodros Eguale, and Bill G. Felkey -- 22. Assessing medicare part D after 10 years / Jack Hoadley -- 23. Medicaid / Brian K. Bruen and Linda Elam -- 24. Medication therapy management services / Brian J. Isetts -- 25. The Affordable Care Act : potential impacts on pharmaceutical markets / Steven H. Sheingold and Pierre L. Yong -- 26. Role of government as regulator, payer, and provider of care / W. Mike Heath and John Spain -- 27. Department of veterans affairs pharmacy programs / Vaiyapuri Subramaniam and Michael A. Valentino -- 28. Public health service / Robert E. Pittman.