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An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making /

By: Birkland, Thomas A.
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2016Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xviii, 399 pages : ill. ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780765646620; 9780765646620:; 0765646625.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.
Summary: This widely-used text relates theory to practice in the public policy process. In a clear, conversational style, the author conveys the best current thinking on the policy process with an emphasis on accessibility and synthesis.
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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.

This widely-used text relates theory to practice in the public policy process. In a clear, conversational style, the author conveys the best current thinking on the policy process with an emphasis on accessibility and synthesis.

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