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. - 4th ed.. - New York: Routledge, 2016. - 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 TZS 412506/=
Policy sciences.
Political planning--United States.
320.60973 BIR
An introduction to the policy process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making / Thomas A. Birkland. - 4th ed.. - New York: Routledge, 2016. - 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 TZS 412506/=
Policy sciences.
Political planning--United States.
320.60973 BIR