Politics of Information - Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America

How does the government decide what's a problem and what isn't? In this title, the authors focuses to the problem-detection process itself, showing how the growth or contraction of government is closely related to how it searches for information and how, as an organization, it analyzes its findings.

About the author

Frank R. Baumgartner is the Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bryan D. Jones is the J. J. "Jake" Pickle Regent's Chair in Congressional Studies in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Together, they are the authors of several books, including Agendas and Instability in American Politics, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

How does the government decide what's a problem and what isn't? In this title, the authors focuses to the problem-detection process itself, showing how the growth or contraction of government is closely related to how it searches for information and how, as an organization, it analyzes its findings.

Product details

• Authors: Baumgartner, Frank R. Baumgartner, Frank R. Jones Baumgartner, Baumgartner Frank R., Jones, Bryan D. Jones, Jones Bryan D.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.2015
• EAN: 9780226198095
• ISBN: 978-0-226-19809-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government