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After disaster : agenda setting, public policy, and focusing events /

Main Author: Birkland, Thomas A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 1997.
Series:American governance and public policy
Subjects:
Political planning > United States.
Policy sciences.
Natural disasters > Government policy > United States.
Oil spills > Government policy > United States.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents > United States. > Government policy
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Natural disasters > Government policy.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents > Government policy.
Oil spills > Government policy.
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United States.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21644
Table of Contents:
  • Focusing events, agenda setting, and the policy process
  • A theory of focusing events and agenda change
  • Natural disasters as focusing events
  • Oil spills as focusing events
  • Nuclear power plant accidents as focusing events
  • The importance of focusing events in policy making.

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