Reexamining the subsystem concept /
In the view of many scholars, the subsystem model offers a rich and rewarding explanation of the public policymaking process. Political scientists have written about the model since 1939. During the 1950s and 1960s, the model began to catch on within the discipline as a powerful tool for understa...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In the view of many scholars, the subsystem model offers a rich and rewarding explanation of the public policymaking process. Political scientists have written about the model since 1939. During the 1950s and 1960s, the model began to catch on within the discipline as a powerful tool for understanding public policymaking processes and the relevant politics that occurs among the participants. However, as useful as the model has been for assisting political scientists and other policy analysts for understanding public policy processes, it has been immersed into a baptism of semantics. This has weakened the model's capacity to provide continuity of meaning among scholars. Based on the prior published research of subsystem scholars, there are characteristics that must be identified among the various subsystem types. For instance, the common characteristics of the iron triangle, policy community, advocacy coalition, and issue network. Identifying these common characteristics will enhance the explanatory value of the model. Understanding these specific characteristics allows for political scientists to examine and communicate more effectively the behavior of subsystem participants. In addition, this dissertation provides a prescription for cleaning up the jargon and semantics used by political scientists and other policy analysts. Scholars can best capture all the various terms when subsystem is used as a generic term. The various categories of subsystems will be identified as a type; Type I, Type II, or Type III. This is useful since subsystem policymaking is dynamic and correlates with changes in the political environment. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Political Science". |
| Physical Description: | x, 185 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-184). |