An Introduction to the Policy Process
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An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making
By Thomas A. Birkland... Governor Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey and former cabinet member Elizabeth Dole, become more nationally prominent. ... Charles L. Cochran and Eloise F. Malone, Public Policy: Perspectives and Choices (New York: McGraw Hill, ...
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An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making
By Thomas A. BirklandAs Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram note, some target populations are more positively constructed than others, with the result that those with greater power can have a greater influence on the impact of policies that affect them than can ...
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An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making
By Thomas A. BirklandThe prominent German sociologist Max Weber sparked the extensive use of the term "bureaucracy" in the social sciences. He used this word to describe the large organizations, both public and private, that manage the government programs ...
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An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making
By Thomas A. BirklandIntroducing 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 ...
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An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts and Models of Public Policy Making
By Thomas A BirklandThoroughly revised, reorganized, updated, and expanded, this widely-used text sets the balance and fills the gap between theory and practice in public policy studies.