Public policy writing that matters / David Chrisinger.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clear thinking leads to clear writing -- Mastering deductive, evaluative, and prescriptive policy answers -- Meeting the unique needs of your reader -- Developing stronger policy recommendations using human-centered design -- How to haunt your readers -- How to structure policy memos and briefs for maximum impact -- Deductive and unified paragraphs -- Coherent paragraphs -- Clear and concise sentences -- Eleven strategies for ruthlessly pruning needless words -- Being your own best editor -- Quoting, paraphrasing, and citing sources properly -- Making figures, tables, and charts work for yo / James Bennett -- A style guide for policy writing.

"This is a textbook for students learning how to write public policy reports. The second edition is greatly expanded in its step-by-step writing instruction"--