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Dome of the United States Capitol
This guide provides recommendations on sources for research on Public Policy, which Shafritz defines in Dictionary of Public Policy & Administration (2004) as:
- Policy made on behalf of a public by means of a public law or regulation
- Decisionmaking by government
- Implementation of a subset of a governing doctrine...In the United States, the governing doctrine is republicanism