Introduction to Modern Public Policy

Author: Chen Qingyun, Ge Shiping, Zhang Xiaode (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book has the following four major features:
First, in terms of guiding ideology, research strategies, and research methods, it strives to make the study of public policy and the knowledge provided fall within the category of a modern market economy, becoming public policy that meets the needs of managing a modern market economy.
Second, to meet the needs of formulating and applying policies in modern government practice, the book highlights knowledge in both policy analysis tools and policy content in its content arrangement.
Third, to adapt to the rapid development of modern society, it places great emphasis on absorbing the cutting-edge achievements of modern policy science, providing readers with effective modern knowledge and information.
Fourth, while emphasizing the study of general theoretical knowledge of public policy, it also focuses on the discussion of public policy issues in China during the transition period.
This book conducts a systematic study of policies in six major public fields of the modern market society, namely:
Public management policies that exercise public power;
Macroeconomic management policies that regulate public economy;
Urban development policies that serve as the main platform for the accumulation of public goods;
Science, education, and cultural policies closely related to public development;
Environmental, resource, and population policies;
Social security policies that ensure public safety.
The study of these six major public field policies constitutes the main content and features of this book.