Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Preface ix
1 Introduction 1
I PUBLIC OPINION AS A BASIS FOR
POLICY 17
2 The Public and Public Policy
19
3 The Influence of Policymakers
on Public Opinion 61
II RATIONAL DECISIONMAKING 85
4 Identifying the Problem
Setting the Policy Agenda and Clarifying and Ranking Goals 87
5 Options and Information 118
6 Assessing Alternatives 170
III CONSTRAINTS ON DECISIONS
211
7 Economic Constraints on
Decisionmaking 213
8 Political Constraints on
Decisionmaking 233
IV POLICYMAKING 263
9 Decisionmaking 265
10 Implementation 292
Index 331
