Agendas, alternatives, and public policies

Abstract

1. How Does an Idea's Time Come? 2. Participants on the Inside of Government 3. Outside of Government, But Not Just Looking In 4. Processes: Origins, Rationality, Incrementalism, and Garbage Cans 5. Problems 6. The Policy Primeval Soup 7. The Political Stream 8. The Policy Window, and Joining the Streams 9. Wrapping Things Up 10. Some Further Reflections: New Case Studies Thoughts About the Modeling Appendix on Methods: The Interviews Coding Case Studies Noninterview Measures of Agenda Status.

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IncrementalismGovernment (linguistics)PoliticsPublic policyGarbageRationalityPublic administrationCoding (social sciences)Political scienceSociologySocial scienceLawEngineeringPhilosophy

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Year: 1984
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                                    John W. Kingdon
                                
                            (1984). 
                            Agendas, alternatives, and public policies. 
                            
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