Foreword // Introduction - ARTUR WOLEK // Politics, public policy, and the public policy sciences: in search of an identity - ALEKSANDER SURDEJ // Rationality of public policies: fundamentals and constraints - RAFAL MATYJA // Decision making in public policies - MARCIN ZAWICKI // Public policy implementation - SEWERYN KRUPNIK // Evaluating public policies - NORBERT LAURISZ // Social policy - MACIEJ FRĄCZEK // Labour market policy - MACIEJ JAKUBOWSKI // Educational policy - JACEK KLICH // Health policy: key determinants and challenges - PAWEŁ MUSIAŁEK // Energy policy - KAZIMIERZ M. UJAZDOWSKI // Cultural policy - MAREK RYMSZA // Family policy - TOMASZ GEODECKI // Innovation policy - TOMASZ GRZEGORZ GROSSE // The globalisation and Europeanisation of public policies - ANDRZEJ ZYBALA // Institutions, organisations, and public policies - MARCIN KEJDZIERSKI // Public policy networks and public governance - MARCIN K. ZWIERŻDŻYŃSKI // Evidence-based policy - KINGA WOJTAS // Local public policies - ARTUR WOŁEK // Learning, copying, and transfer in public policies - PIOTR MUSIEWICZ // Public policies inspired by religion // List of authors