| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 178 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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American governance and public policy
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American governance and public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index. |
| Contents |
Focusing events, agenda setting, and the policy process -- A theory of focusing events and agenda change -- Natural disasters as focusing events -- Oil spills as focusing events -- Nuclear power plant accidents as focusing events -- The importance of focusing events in policy making. |
| Summary |
Examines how disasters like earthquakes, oil spills, and nuclear power plant accidents can act as focusing events "which cause both citizens and policymakers to pay more attention to a public problem and often to press for solutions ... Explains how and why some public disasters change political agendas and, ultimately, public policies."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political planning -- United States.
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Political planning. |
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United States. |
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Policy sciences.
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Policy sciences. |
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Natural disasters -- Government policy -- United States.
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Natural disasters -- Government policy. |
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Natural disasters. |
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Oil spills -- Government policy -- United States.
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Oil spills -- Government policy. |
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Oil spills. |
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Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Government policy -- United States.
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Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Government policy. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Birkland, Thomas A. After disaster. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 1997 0878406522 (DLC) 97007908 (OCoLC)36461727 |
| ISBN |
0585200637 (electronic book) |
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9780585200637 (electronic book) |
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0878406522 (alkaline paper) |
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0878406530 (paperback) |
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9780878406524 (alkaline paper) |
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9780878406531 (paperback) |
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