CAS PO 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Incrementalism, Rationality
28 Mar 2014
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Kingdon chapter 4: processes: origins, rationality, incrementalism, and garbage cans. Ideas come from everywhere; civil servants, outside analysts, scientific community, lobby, etc. Ideas do not start from proximate source; goes way back in history. Ultimate origin of an idea, concern or proposal cannot be specified. There are no leaders because agenda problems are roughly known to all participants, the whole community if affected across the board, no one knows the issue before hand. Combination of factors is responsible for the movement of an item into the agenda. We vote for a president because we are impressed with multiple qualities. A combination is needed because of our fragmented system. A variety of people is required to bring an idea to policy fruition. Variety of human resources such as political popularity and expertise. Nobody controls the flow in the information system. It is not where the seeds come from but what makes the soil fertile.
