A unique historical perspective emphasizes the evolution of public policy analysis while discussing how policy is currently formulated.
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David M. Hedge is a professor of political science at the University of Florida, where he also serves as the academic program director at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service. His research and teaching interests include state politics and policy, bureaucratic politics, and legislative behavior. He has published extensively on regulatory politics, intergovernmental relations, and state legislative politics. Hedge is the author or coauthor of State and Local Government in a Changing Society (with Richard Bingham, McGraw-Hill, 1991) and Governance and the Changing American States (Westview Press, 1998). He serves as the secretary/treasurer of the American Political Science Association's Organized Section on Public Policy and sits on the editorial boards of the Policy Studies Journal. His current research includes an examination of the impact of social capital on welfare policy and a study of member state compliance with European Union environmental standards.
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