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040			_aMUL _beng _eAACR
082	0	0	_a320.60973 BIR
100	1		_aBirkland, Thomas A.
245	1	3	_aAn introduction to the policy process : _btheories, concepts, and models of public policy making / _cThomas A. Birkland.
250			_a4th ed..
260			_aNew York: _bRoutledge, _c2016.
300			_axviii, 399 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c24 cm
500			_aRevised edition of the author's An introduction to the policy process, 2010.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPreface -- 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.
650		0	_aPolicy sciences.
650		0	_aPolitical planning _zUnited States.
942			_cBK
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