TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birkland,Thomas A.
TI  - An introduction to the policy process: theories, concepts, and models of public policy making 
SN  - 9780765646620 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 320.60973 22
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, Oxon
PB  - Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Policy sciences
KW  - United States
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Political planning
KW  - LLAAWW
KW  - July2016
KW  - August 2016	
N1  - Revised edition of the author's An introduction to the policy process, 2010; Index : p. [393]-399; Includes bibliographical references; 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
ER  -