This Element explores the uncertain future of public policy practice and scholarship in an age of radical disruption. Building on foundational ideas in policy sciences, we argue that an anachronistic instrumental rationalism underlies contemporary policy logic and limits efforts to understand new policy challenges. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Glen David (DePauw University, Indiana) Kuecker Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 75 Collection: Elements in Public Policy Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 198 x 227 x 11 Cover type: Paperback / softback