Behavioral Assumptions of Policy Tools

TL;DR: The author revealed that the authoritative policy statement approach had had a positive impact on the author’s understanding of security policy quality and decision-making.

TL;DR: The authors compared administrative and caseworker perspectives on service delivery processes in rural areas in an Appalachian state with high levels of poverty and unemployment and limited economic resources, and found that caseworkers were more likely to be employed in the service delivery process.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the origins, rationality, incrementalism, and Garbage Cans of the idea of agenda status and present a case study of noninterview measures of Agenda status.

TL;DR: The One-Dimensional view, the Two-dimensional view, and the three-dimensional views of power and interest were compared in this article, where the Underlying Concept of Power - Power and Interest - Three Views Compared

TL;DR: The authors argued that there are two faces of power, neither of which sociologists see and only one of which political scientists see, and that the political scientists themselves have not grasped the whole truth of the matter; that while their criticisms of the elitists are sound, they utilize an approach and assumptions which predetermine their conclusions.