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  • A Load of Old Garbage: Applying Garbage-Can Theory to Contemporary Housing Policy

    Author(s)
    Tiernan, A
    Burke, T
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Tiernan, Anne
    Year published
    2002
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    Abstract
    This article reviews John Kingdon's garbage-can model of agenda setting and alternative specification for understanding the complexities of policy-making in the housing policy context. Garbage-can theories reject conventional 'policy cycle' models which envisage policy development processes as rational and underpinned by the logic of problem solving. They posit a loose relationship between problems and the policy solutions offered by national governments. Using an Australian housing policy case study, this article demonstrates the usefulness of Kingdon's garbage-can theory. A modified framework is used to explain how the ...
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    This article reviews John Kingdon's garbage-can model of agenda setting and alternative specification for understanding the complexities of policy-making in the housing policy context. Garbage-can theories reject conventional 'policy cycle' models which envisage policy development processes as rational and underpinned by the logic of problem solving. They posit a loose relationship between problems and the policy solutions offered by national governments. Using an Australian housing policy case study, this article demonstrates the usefulness of Kingdon's garbage-can theory. A modified framework is used to explain how the policy agenda has become narrowed to focus on safety-net assistance for the most disadvantaged, while housing problems have continued to worsen.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Journal of Public Administration
    Volume
    61
    Issue
    3
    Subject
    Economics
    Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
    Studies in Human Society
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/16788
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