Introduction to Policy and Politics II

We continue our introductory discussion by reviewing Kingdon’s model of the agenda-setting process (the three streams of problems, politics, and policies) and the “windows of opportunity” which open when they coincide.  We turn then to the institutional features of American government and their implications for policymaking. We continue to use soda taxes as well as the Black Lives Matter movement and calls for police reform to illustrate these concepts. 

The concepts we will discussed are briefly summarized here:

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