Table of Contents

Support, Introduction, How to Study
The Cycle: Agenda, Formulation, Implementation, Budget, Evaluation

Course Materials ^

• Syllabus: needs update
• Schedule: okay for now.
• Bulletin Board: Update in late August

Introduction ^

How to Study Public Policy ^

Agenda ^

• Agenda Home Page: Keep, change style. Too much detail? kXX
• Agenda Setting: Too large kXX
  • Simple Definition: Edit
  • Explanatory Definition: Okay for now
• Typology: Expand
• Setting the agenda:
• Case of Presidential Transition: More Bush
• Bias in agenda setting: Format.
• How to study the agenda

Formulation ^

• Formulation Home Page: From blank kXXX
• Introduction
• Defining Formulation
• Illustrative Cases
• Foundation of American Policy Formulation
• Skills of Policy Analysts
• Policy Incrementalism
• Policy Overhaul
• Politics in Policy Formulation
• Iron Triangles

Implementation ^

• Implementation Home Page: Old, kXX
• Implementation Defined
• Can Implementation Work?
• Traditional Public Administration
• Successful Implementation

Budget ^

• Budget Home Page
• The Budget Defined
• The Budgetary Process
• Incremental Budgeting
• The U.S. Budget
• State and Local Budgets
• Fiscal Crisis
• Fiscal Policy By Presidents

Evaluation ^

• Evaluation Home Page: Adequate
• Evaluation Defined
• Cases of Evaluation
• Historical Roots of Evaluation
• Scope and Context of Evaluation
• Formal Evaluation
• Informal Evaluation

The Public Policy Web
©by Wayne Hayes, Ph.D., ®ProfWork
profwork@yahoo.com
July 20, 2001