Policy Passages

What options are available now or in the future for students interested in a public policy career? How do they train network and advance in the field? Students parents professors guidance counselors and department chairs are often frustrated by the absence of a solid readable book on policy careers and options. This book presents the career stories of twenty scholars and policy practitioners who have worked in Congress the State Department the CIA Defense international agencies think tanks the media and major law firmsall of whom have been influential in shaping public policyto give readers an accurate and realistic view of life outside the academic world.No other book provides this type of solid advice for young policy professionals and for older scholars considering career changes. As such it is vital reading in guidance and department collections and an essential addition to the personal bookshelves of individual students scholars and researchers.