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1 online resource (593 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Mini-Cases; Acknowledgments; Part I. Foundations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Foundations; Preview; 2.1 Definitions; 2.1.1 Policy; 2.1.2 Public; 2.1.3 Politics and Policy; 2.2 Public Policy as a Field of Study; 2.2.1 Founders: 1950s-60s; 2.2.2 Reaction and Retrenchment: 1970s-80s; 2.2.3 Renewal: 1990s to the Present; 2.3 Conclusion: The Practice of American Public Policymaking; Key Terms; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Readings; Chapter 3 Preview; Preview; 3.1 Framework |
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3.1.1 Process and Activities3.1.2 Actors and Roles; 3.1.3 Technologies and Practices; 3.1.4 Context or Environment; 3.1.5 Content or Domain; 3.2 The Policymaking Process; 3.2.1 Overview; 3.2.2 Actors and Roles; 3.2.2.1 Policy Entrepreneurs; 3.2.2.2 Policymakers; 3.2.2.3 Target Populations; 3.2.2.4 Winners and Losers; 3.2.2.5 Conclusion; 3.2.3 The Policymaking Process: Detailed View; 3.2.3.1 Inputs (Part II, Chapters 4-7); 3.2.3.2 Policy Production (Part III, Chapters 9-14); 3.2.3.3 Outputs (Part IV, Chapter 15); 3.2.3.4 Outcomes (Part II, Chapter 4, and Part IV, Chapter 16); 3.2.3.5 Summary |
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3.2.4 Context (Part V)3.2.4.1 Level; 3.2.4.2 Sector; 3.2.5 Content (Part V); 3.2.5.1 Domains and Networks; 3.2.5.2 Jurisdictions and Venues; 3.3 Policy Maps; 3.4 Conclusions; Key Terms; Suggested Readings; Part II. Inputs; Chapter 4 Problems; Preview; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 What Problems Are and Are Not; 4.2.1 Situations and Problems; 4.2.2 Conditions and Problems; 4.2.3 Problems and Policy Problems; 4.2.4 Events and Problems; 4.2.5 Solutions and Problems; 4.2.6 Policy Outcomes and Problems; 4.3 The Nature of Policy Problems; 4.4 Defining Problems; 4.4.1 Images; 4.4.2 Metaphors; 4.4.3 Stories |
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4.4.4 Causes4.4.5 Numbers; 4.5 Issues; 4.6 Conclusions; Case Study: Chasing Chads; Key Terms; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Readings; Chapter 5 Politics and Policy Entrepreneurs; Preview; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Politics and Policymaking; 5.2.1 Electing Policymakers; 5.2.2 Elections and American Policymaking; 5.2.3 Personality and Policymaking; 5.2.4 Appointments and Policymaking; 5.2.5 Political Parties and Policymaking; 5.3 Policy Entrepreneurs; 5.4 Business Organizations; 5.5 Interest Groups; 5.6 Think Tanks; 5.6.1 What Are Think Tanks?; 5.6.2 The Evolution of Policy Think Tanks |
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5.6.3 The Constellation of Policy Think Tanks5.6.4 Think Tanks and American Public Policymaking; 5.7 Media; 5.7.1 From Colonies to Republic; 5.7.2 The Emergence of the Mass Media; 5.7.3 The New Journalism -- 5.7.4 Twentieth-Century Media and Policymaking; 5.7.4.1 Radio; 5.7.4.2 Television; 5.7.4.3 The Internet and Beyond; 5.8 Conclusions; Case Study: Reviving Religion; Key Terms; Questions for Discussion; Suggested Readings; Chapter 6 Access, Lobbying, and Public Opinion; Preview; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Lobbying; 6.3 Lobbying Strategies; 6.3.1 Target Policymakers |
| Summary |
Designed for upper-level and professional courses, this text is a state-of-the-art introduction to the public policymaking process that gives equal attention to issues of policy implementation and public governance. It uses an innovative systems approach, integrating the activities, actors, tools, and techniques of policymaking, to provide a comprehensive framework for policy design and analysis. The book is practice-oriented, with a focus on the ways that policymakers at all levels employ the standard ""technologies"" of governance - authority, agency, program, rule, contract, and budget - to |
| Notes |
6.3.2 Play Offense and Defense |
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Print version record |
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Policy sciences.
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Political planning -- United States
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Policy sciences
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Political planning
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Helms, Lelia B. (Lelia Biggs), 1943-
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| ISBN |
9781317455219 |
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1317455215 |
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