Top Down Policy Making
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dye, Thomas R., PUBLISHER: CQ Press, In this brief, eye-opening work, Thomas R. Dye explodes <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> myth that public policy represents <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> "demands of people," and that <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> making of public policy flows upward from <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> masses. In reality, Dye argues, public policy in America, as in all nati<strong>onstrong>s, reflects <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> values, interests, and preferences of <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> governing elite."Top Down Policymaking" is a close examinati<strong>onstrong> of <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> process by which <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> nati<strong>onstrong>'s elite goes about making public policy. Focusing <strong>onstrong> <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> behind-<str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g>-scenes activities of m<strong>onstrong>ey foundati<strong>onstrong>s, policy planning organizati<strong>onstrong>s, think tanks, political campaign c<strong>onstrong>tributors, special-interest groups, lobbyists, law firms, influence-peddlers, and <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> nati<strong>onstrong>al news media, Dye c<strong>onstrong>cludes that public policy does not represent <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> "demands of people."<str<strong>onstrong>g>Thestr<strong>onstrong>g> reality is that public policy is made from <str<strong>onstrong>g>thestr<strong>onstrong>g> top down.