CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: PUBLIC POLICY

a. Compare the rational and incremental models of policy-making and suggest circumstances under which each is more appropriate.

b. Why does public policy so often fail to serve its ostensible purpose?

Hague & Harrop, 2010 edn, ch. 18.

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C. Lindblom, 'The Science of Muddling Through', Public Administration 19 (1959) 78-88.
C. Lindblom, 'Still Muddling: Not Yet Through', Public Administration Review 39 (1979) 517-26.
C. Lindblom, Politics and Markets
W. Parsons, Public Policy
H. Simon, Reason in Human Affairs
D. Stone, Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making

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