An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making / Thomas A. Birkland.
By: Birkland, Thomas A
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BookEdition: Fourth Edition.Description: xviii, 399 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781138934351 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780765646620 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Policy sciences | Political planning -- United StatesDDC classification: 320.60973
Contents:
Preface -- Introducing the policy process -- Elements of the policy making system -- The historical and structural contexts of public policy making -- Official actors and their roles in public policy -- Unofficial actors and their roles in public policy -- Agenda setting, power, and interest groups -- Policies and policy types -- Decision making and policy analysis -- Policy design and policy tools -- Policy implementation, failure, and learning -- Science and theory in the study of public policy -- Index.
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Revised edition of the author's An introduction to the policy process, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introducing the policy process -- Elements of the policy making system -- The historical and structural contexts of public policy making -- Official actors and their roles in public policy -- Unofficial actors and their roles in public policy -- Agenda setting, power, and interest groups -- Policies and policy types -- Decision making and policy analysis -- Policy design and policy tools -- Policy implementation, failure, and learning -- Science and theory in the study of public policy -- Index.
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