Bøker av Bryan D. Jones

How does the government decide what's a problem and what isn't? In this title, the authors focuses to the problem-detection process itself, showing how the growth or contraction of government is closely related to how it searches for information and how, as an organization, it analyzes its findings.

Illuminates the workings of democracies beyond the United States. This book presents an account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda. It offers a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues - including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety.

How do politicians manage the flood of information from a wide range of sources? How do they interpret and respond to such inundation? Which issues do they pay attention to and why? Based on an information-processing perspective, this study of American politics answers these questions on decision-making processes and prioritization.