Agendas, Alternatives and public policies
This text remains the authoritative work on agenda setting and policy formation. This report on original research includes many dow-to-earth illustrations and quotations from interviews, creating enjoyable and informative reading for undergraduate students.
Print Book, English, ©1995
HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY, ©1995
xiv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780673523891, 0673523896
183218721
1. How Does an Idea's Time Come? 2. Participants on the Inside of Government 3. Outside of Government, But Not Just Looking In 4. Processes: Origins, Rationality, Incrementalism, and Garbage Cans 5. Problems 6. The Policy Primeval Soup 7. The Political Stream 8. The Policy Window, and Joining the Streams 9. Wrapping Things Up 10. Some Further Reflections: New Case Studies Thoughts About the Modeling Appendix on Methods: The Interviews; Coding; Case Studies; Noninterview Measures of Agenda Status.