Top Down Policy Making
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dye, Thomas R., PUBLISHER: CQ Press, In this brief, eye-opening work, Thomas R. Dye explodes ong>theong> myth that public ong>policyong> represents ong>theong> "demands of people," and that ong>theong> making of public ong>policyong> flows upward from ong>theong> masses. In reality, Dye argues, public ong>policyong> in America, as in all nations, reflects ong>theong> values, interests, and preferences of ong>theong> governing elite."Top Down ong>Policyong>making" is a close examination of ong>theong> process by which ong>theong> nation's elite goes about making public ong>policyong>. Focong>usong>ing on ong>theong> behind-ong>theong>-scenes activities of money foundations, ong>policyong> planning organizations, think tanks, political campaign contributors, special-interest groups, lobbyists, law firms, influence-peddlers, and ong>theong> national news media, Dye concludes that public ong>policyong> does not represent ong>theong> "demands of people."ong>Theong> reality is that public ong>policyong> is made from ong>theong> top down.