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Political Economy for Public Policy is an introductory textbook on the politics of policymaking, written by political scientist Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. It sits at the intersection of political science, economics, and public policy, and its purpose is to give students a unified way to think about how policy decisions are made, why governments sometimes solve collective problems effectively, and why political constraints often distort outcomes. The book is not a general survey of policy areas; instead, it uses modern political economy to build transferable concepts that can be applied across issues such as regulation, redistribution, and institutional design. Its approach is analytical and method-driven, with game theoretic models, normative foundations, and empirical illustrations working together to connect theory with real policy processes. Because of that structure, the book is especially useful for readers who want more than descriptive policy discussion and prefer a framework that explains both the logic of public action and the limits of government.