Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (Longman Classics Edition) (2nd Edition)

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. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-22-2009; Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (Longman Classics Edition) (2nd Edition) (Longman Classics in Political Science); This book is a great tool to better understand political theory, much of the contents of this book are quite subjective, and although insightfull, i have a hard time argeeing with the author.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-13-2008; Agenda Setting: The Comprehensive Model; 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...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-05-2007; Major work on political agenda setting; Agenda setting, in the world of politics, is when a problem becomes identified as an issue that calls for government attention, discussion, and--possibly--decision making. This book is one of the most important works on...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-10-2004; Good theory, easy to read; Kingdon has produced an innovative and useful theory of the policy process. This book is clearly not intended for the lay reader, but for political scientists and policy specialists interested in theorizing about policy...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-22-2009; Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (Longman Classics Edition) (2nd Edition) (Longman Classics in Political Science); This book is a great tool to better understand political theory, much of the contents of this book are quite subjective, and although insightfull, i have a hard time argeeing with the author.; read full review | report as inappropriate