Politics of Problem Definition: Shaping the Policy Agenda

by Roger W. Cobb

Book Overview

At the nexus of politics and policy development lies persistent conflict over where problems come from, what they signify, and, based on the answers to those questions, what kinds of solutions should be sought. Policy researchers call this process "problem definition."

Written for both scholars and students, this book explains how and why social issues come to be defined in different ways, how these definitions are expressed in the world of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700606475
• ISBN13: 9780700606474
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"