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Public Policy Process
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Topics
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Steps in the policy process |
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Agenda setting and the democratization of policy
analysis |
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Policy analysis as an extension of rational decision
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Role of policy analysts in the policy process |
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Steps in process of policy analysis |
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Readings
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Patton & Sawicki: 1 - 73 |
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Bardach, 1 - 46, 97 - 102 |
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RES #1:
Dipak K. Gupta, 2001. Analyzing Public Policy: Concepts, Tools, and
Techniques. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. pages
46 - 69. |
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RES #10: Michael Kraft and Scott Furlong. 2004. Public
Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives. Washington, DC:
Congressional Quarterly Press. pages 101 - 124. |
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RES #12: Michael Kraft and Scott Furlong. 2004. Public
Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives. Washington, DC:
Congressional Quarterly Press. pages 3 - 31. |
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Handout
- Lobbyists (Washington Post 8/24/09) |
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Lecture Notes
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Web Resources
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There are a number of think tanks and
nongovernmental organizations that hire policy analysts and are both
clients for and generators of analysis in the policy process. Notable
examples include: |
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Books of Possible Interest
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Sabatier,
Paul A. 1999. (ed.) Theories of the Policy Process. Boulder,
CO: Westview Press. |
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Brewer,
Garry D. and Peter deLeon. 1983. The
Foundations of Policy Analysis. Homewood, IL: The Dorsey Press. |
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Cobb,
Roger W. and Charles D. Elder. 1983. Participation in American
Politics: The Dynamics of Agenda-Building. Second Edition.
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press. |
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Kingdon,
J. W.. 1984. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies.
Boston, MA: Little Brown. |
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Jones,
Charles O.. 1977. An
Introduction to the Study of Public Policy. Second Edition. |
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Lasswell,
Harold D.. 1956. The Decision
Process. College Park, MD: University of Maryland Press |
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Dye,
T. R.. 1976. Policy Analysis:
What Governments Do, Why They Do It, and What Difference it Makes.
University of Alabama Press. |
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