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Book SynopsisA useful guide for undergraduate and graduate students, this is a comprehensive overview of the best-known policy-making models. It covers Lindblom's incrementalism, the Madisonian model, the responsible parties model, group theory, and the privileged position of business in capitalist societies.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Models of Policy Change Part 3 I. The Sources of Incrementalism: Chapter 2. Incrementalism and the Limits of Rationality; Chapter 3. The Unequal Group Struggle; Chapter 4. The Privileged Position of Business; Chapter 5. Is There an Alternative to Incrementalism?; Chapter 6. Feder Part 4 II. Understanding Policy Change: Chapter 8. Rationality and Nonincremental Policy; Chapter 10. When is Policy Change Nonincremental?; Chapter 10. Welfare Reform: Obstacles to Nonincremental Change; Chapter 11. Policy Change Constraints and Possibili Chapter 5 Bibliography Chapter 6 Index
