CHAPTER 9 Wrapping Ttiiugs Up • Thls hunk hlls consulcred why snme subjccts rlse on governmental agendas whllc mher suhjccts IIn! ncg lcctcd, aud why people in uud around governmcnr "ay SCI'ÍIlUS nueutlun lo some ulteruntives at the cxpense of others, The...
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CHAPTER 9 Wrapping Ttiiugs Up • Thls hunk hlls consulcred why snme subjccts rlse on governmental agendas whllc mher suhjccts IIn! ncg lcctcd, aud why people in uud around governmcnr "ay SCI'ÍIlUS nueutlun lo some ulteruntives at the cxpense of others, The book 15 11111ahuut huw prcsldcms, membcrs of Congress, or oiher authoriuuive figures 1I","e ihclr Hnul dcclsions. lnsread, we hnve bcen uccupied whh undcrstundlng why panicipllllls dcul wilh certuin issues und neglect uthers ..This chnpier surnmurizcs nrul tlcs tugethcr whnl we huve Icnrncd. Twu mujer preüecislun pruccsses huye uccupicd us: ugcndu sellinll and ultcrnutive specificution. A gcvernrncntal ugenda is n lisl of subjects lo whlch offkials are paYlllg sume serióus uuerulon ~lllny glven lime, Thus an agenda-serlin[! proccss nurruws the sei of subjects thnt could conceivably occupy the ir uueutlun lo Ihe Iisl en which lhey uctuully do Iocus. Obvlnusly, there ure agcnIhlS withiu ugerulu«, They ruuge Irom highly gcncrul agendus,
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