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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2016Edition: Fourth EditionDescription: xviii, 399 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138934351 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780765646620 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.60973 23
LOC classification:
  • H97 .B57 2016
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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