PUB-5002: Government and the Public Interest

Abels, M. L. (2017). Policy making in the public interest: A text and workbook for local government. Routledge.
Read Chapter 3: Discovering the Community-wide Public Interest, Chapter 4: Analyze Single Policy Option through Sustainability, and Chapter 6: Conclusion.
This book brings together issues of local government policymaking and the public interest.

Ansell, C., Sørensen, E., & Torfing, J. (2017). Improving policy implementation through collaborative policymaking. Policy & Politics, 45(3), 467-486.
This journal article explores collaborative policy design and policy implementation.

Biggs, S., & Helms, L. B. (2015). The practice of American public policymaking. Routledge.
Read Chapter 11: Program and Chapter 20: Content: Policies and Policymaking.
This book focuses on the public policymaking process.

Overeem, P. (2005). The value of the dichotomy: Politics, administration, and the political neutrality of administrators. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 27(2), 311-329.
This journal article explores the politics-administration dichotomy and the political neutrality of administrators.

Note: This newspaper article is the focus of this week’s assignment. It discusses a new climate policy in Muncie, Indiana.