An Introduction to the Policy Process : theories, concepts, and models of public policy making / 4th ed.
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, c2016. - xviii, 399 p. : col. ill. ; 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)
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, c2016. - xviii, 399 p. : col. ill. ; 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)
Policy sciences.
Political planning--United States.
320.60973 / BIR