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First published in 1984, this explanation of the policy-making process in the United States described agenda setting as the ability to define the list of subjects to which government officials and those around them are paying serious attention. Kingdon (U. of Michigan) identifies three streams tha

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• Preface to the First Edition(p. xvii)
• Preface to the Second Edition(p. xix)
• Chapter 1 How Does An Idea's Time Come?(p. 1)
• Concepts and Definitions(p. 2)
• A Brief Account of the Research(p. 4)
• The Lay of the Land(p. 5)
• Some Explanations(p. 15)
• A Brief Preview of the Book(p. 18)
• Chapter 2 Participants on the Inside of Government(p. 21)
• The Administration(p. 21)
• By Contrast: Civil Servants(p. 30)
• Capitol Hill(p. 34)
• Conclusion(p. 42)
• Chapter 3 Outside of Government, But Not Just Looking In(p. 45)
• Interest Groups(p. 46)
• Academics, Researchers, and Consultants(p. 53)
• The Media(p. 57)
• Elections-Related Participants(p. 61)
• Public Opinion(p. 65)
• Conclusion(p. 67)
• Chapter 4 Processes: Origins, Rationality, Incrementalism, and Garbage Cans(p. 71)
• Origins(p. 71)
• Comprehensive, Rational Decision Making(p. 77)
• Incrementalism(p. 79)
• The Federal Government and Garbage Cans(p. 83)
• Chapter 5 Problems(p. 90)
• Indicators(p. 90)
• Focusing Events, Crises, and Symbols(p. 94)
• Feedback(p. 100)
• Why Problems Fade(p. 103)
• Budgets: A Special Problem(p. 105)
• Problem Definition(p. 109)
• Conclusion(p. 113)
• Chapter 6 The Policy Primeval Soup(p. 116)
• Policy Communities(p. 117)
• Communities and the Soup(p. 121)
• Criteria for Survival(p. 131)
• The Short List of Ideas(p. 139)
• Conclusion(p. 143)
• Chapter 7 The Political Stream(p. 145)
• The National Mood(p. 146)
• Organized Political Forces(p. 150)
• Government in the Political Stream(p. 153)
• Consensus Building in the Political Stream(p. 159)
• Conclusion(p. 162)
• Chapter 8 The Policy Window, and Joining the Streams(p. 165)
• What Policy Windows Are and Why They Open(p. 166)
• Coupling(p. 172)
• Policy Entrepreneurs(p. 179)
• Occurrence of Windows(p. 184)
• Spillovers(p. 190)
• Conclusion(p. 194)
• Chapter 9 Wrapping Things Up(p. 196)
• Agenda Setting(p. 197)
• Alternative Specification(p. 200)
• Coupling and Windows(p. 201)
• Entrepreneurs(p. 204)
• Conclusion(p. 205)
• Chapter 10 Some Further Reflections(p. 209)
• New Case Studies(p. 209)
• Thoughts About the Modelling(p. 222)
• Appendix on Methods(p. 231)
• The Interviews(p. 232)
• Coding(p. 237)
• Case Studies(p. 240)
• Noninterview Measures of Agenda Status(p. 242)
• Index(p. 245)