TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birkland,Thomas A
TI  - An introduction to the policy process: theories, concepts, and models of public policy making 
SN  - 9780765625328
AV  - H97 .B57 2011
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Armonk, N.Y.
PB  - M.E. Sharpe
KW  - Policy sciences
KW  - Political planning
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- 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; -- Policy design, policy tools, and decisions; -- Policy implementation, failure, and learning; -- Science and theory in the study of public policy
ER  -