This paper determines relationships between three elements of the American policy process: legislature, agency, and administrative clientele. It concerns interrelationships between these elements and their affect to agency functions.
A model is constructed; revealing the policy process, illustrating behavior patterns responsible for normal functioning and failure of policies and programs. The model develops through study of a single policy area. Supplemental data are provided from a survey.
The paper concludes that the process is based on legislation-- causing activity in an agency or substantial change in programs; agency actions, seated in its own organizational objectives, and resultant to internal conflicts; and by clientele behavior, determined by agency actions or inactions. This model may help predicting policy outcomes, but only after similar but more comprehensive studies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504497 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Allen, Robert Lloyd |
| Contributors | Glass, James J., Kitchens, James A. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 120 leaves : illus, Text |
| Coverage | United States, 1958-1973 |
| Rights | Public, Allen, Robert Lloyd, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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