The Importance of Neglect in Policy-Making

1. Front Matter

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2. Explaining and Predicting the Nature of Policy Change

   • Michiel S. De Vries

   Pages 1-28

3. The Idea of Policy Generations

   • Michiel S. De Vries

   Pages 29-48

4. Changing Relative Attention

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   Pages 49-92

5. Generations of Policy Instruments

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   Pages 93-119

6. The Changing Roles of Societal Groups

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7. A Model of Fundamental Policy Change and a Final Test

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8. Back Matter

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De Vries argues that it is possible to explain when and in what direction policy change is likely to occur. He argues that what is neglected at present is likely to become dominant in policies of the near future. With the birth of a new policy generation a convergence towards meeting the dominant value of that generation will become evident.

• attention
• nature
• Policy
• policy-making
• us politics

• Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  Michiel S. Vries

MICHIEL S. DE VRIES is Professor in Public Administration at the Institute of Management Research of the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Other books he has written/edited are: Calculated Choices in Policy Making (Palgrave, 2000), Improving Local Government (Palgrave 2008, together with PS Reddy and Shamsul Haque), Beyond Blame: Technical Assistance to CEE Countries in Transition (NISPA, 2009, together with I. Sobis) and Value and Virtue in Public Administration (Palgrave 2010, forthcoming, together with Pan Suk Kim).

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