Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
First published in 1984, this explanation of the policy-making process in the United States described agenda setting as the ability to define "the list of subjects to which government officials and those around them are paying serious attention." Kingdon (U. of Michigan) identifies three streams tha
xx, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780321121851, 0321121856
51861997
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
How does an idea's time come?
Participants on the inside of government
Outside of government, but not just looking in
Processes : origins, rationality, incrementalism, and garbage cans
Problems
The policy primeval soup
The political stream
The policy window, and joining the steams
Wrapping things up
Some further reflections
Appendix on methods