TY - BOOK AU - KINGDON John TI - Agendas, alternatives, and public policies SN - 9780321121851 (pbk.) : PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Longman, KW - PUBLIC POLICIES KW - AGENDA SETTING KW - POLICY ISSUES N2 - A lot has been written about policy studies but in 1984 this was the first book to consider how things become issues in the first place. How do subjects come to official attention? How does government set agendas? When has an idea's time come? The book deals with U.S. government and provides insights into American politics and government bureaucracy ER -