Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (Longman Classics Edition) (2nd Edition) (Longman Classics in Political Science)
by John W. Kingdon
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Author: John W. KingdonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-31
ISBN: 0321121856
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Longman
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Book Review: Agenda Setting: The Comprehensive Model
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was used as the underlying basis to understanding the policy process in my graduate level class that I took recently.
Overall I would give this book 5 stars because it is relatively thorough and it encompasses a great deal in a concise model that is easy to understand.
Kingdon discusses that his model is set within three streams, problem, policy and political. Each of these streams have their own unique characteristics that work to help merge with the others. When these streams, ideally all three, a policy window opens where action on policy can occur by a decision-making body such as Congress. With the help of policy entrepreneuers, national mood, policy communities, and much more as agents amongst these streams, each work to produce change on the agenda.
As this class was titled the policy process that I took, it explained how it began but this book does not cover how the process moves once something has been acted upon on the agenda.
If you are looking for understanding more about activity leading up to action, this is a great book. If you are looking to understand the process afterwards, this may not be the right book, but it will help you understand the forces leading up to a process of change.
Definitely, I would recommend this for any political science class at the undergraduate level. I am glad that I was fortunate enough to have it assigned in my grad level policy process class.
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Summary of Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (Longman Classics Edition) (2nd Edition) (Longman Classics in Political Science)
Re-issued as part of the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series, Kingdon's renowned work features a new Foreword exploring the book's historical and enduring contributions. Kingdon's landmark work on agenda setting and policy formation is now offered in a Longman Classics Edition. This enduring work of original research, drawn from interviews with people in the U.S. federal government over the course of four years, examines the questions of how issues get to be issues for legislators. The book grapples with the questions: How do subjects come to officials' attention? How are the alternatives from which they choose generated? How is the governmental agenda set? Why does an idea's time come when it does? Hailed as one of the finest books about public policy- making, and winner of the 1994 Aaron Wildavsky Award, this book's rich detail and engaging prose make it a text that both students and instructors will savor.Public Policy Books
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