Politics and policymaking : in search of simplicity /
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| Author / Creator: | Sharkansky, Ira. |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2002. |
| Description: | x, 211 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Explorations in public policy |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4719754 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. On Simplicity, Politics, and Policymaking
- The Well-Trod Paths: Simple Ways of Dealing with Conflict and Other Forms of Complexity
- The Principle of Simplicity
- 2. The Mysteries of Agenda-Setting, Policymaking, and Implementation
- The Policymaking System
- What Affects the Policy Agenda?
- Learning from the Exotic
- Why Policies Are, or Are Not, Implemented as Policymakers Expect
- Personal Foibles and Other Random Noise
- The Problems of Ambiguity and Other Forms of Coping
- Faith and Politics
- What Is a Country?
- 3. Organizations Designed Not to Be Governed
- Public Organizations That Are Not Governmental
- Who But a Person with Illusions Would Seek to Administer a Major University?
- 4. Choosing Simple Solutions for the Problems of Politics and Policymaking
- Political Parties
- Incrementalism: If It Was Good Enough Yesterday, It's Good Enough for Tomorrow
- Slogans
- Cope: Do Not Cross All the T's and Dot All the I's
- When Doing Nothing Is the Simplest, and Maybe the Best, Policy
- Other Rules of Simplicity
- 5. Intelligence, Cunning, and Wisdom in Politics and Policymaking
- Learning When to Apply a Simple Rule
- Other Knotty Problems of Public Policy
- Simple Rules and Their Opposites
- When Are Simplifications Worthwhile?
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book
