An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making /
Birkland, Thomas A.
An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making / Thomas A. Birkland. - Fourth Edition. - xviii, 399 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
9781138934351 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780765646620 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015013571
POLICY SCIENCES
POLITICAL PLANNING--UNITED STATES
H 97 / B57I 2016
An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making / Thomas A. Birkland. - Fourth Edition. - xviii, 399 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
9781138934351 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780765646620 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015013571
POLICY SCIENCES
POLITICAL PLANNING--UNITED STATES
H 97 / B57I 2016