Week 3: 9-12-06

Problem Orientation

Rochefort, D. A. and R. W. Cobb 1994. Problem definition: an emerging perspective, pp. 1-31 in The Politics of Problem Definition: Shaping the Policy Agenda (University Press of Kansas: Lawrence, KS).

Hilgartner, Stephen and C. Bosk, 1988. The rise and fall of social problems: a public arenas model, American Journal of Sociology, 94:(1):53-78.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. 1997. Asking the right questions: Meteorological research and societal needs, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 78: 255-264.

Please read Chapter 5 “Problem Orientation” in Clark, and to the extent that you are interested in learning more about policy research as taught here, read the balance of Clark, T. W. 2002. The Policy Process: A practical guide for natural resource policy makers, Yale University Press.

For further reading:
Downs, A. 1972. Up and Down with Ecology the “Issue Attention Cycle”, The Public Interest 28:32 50.

Rochefort, D. A. and R. W. Cobb, 1994. The Politics of Problem Definition, University of Kansas Press.

Wallace, M. G., H. J. Cortner, S. Burke, 1995. Review of policy evaluation in natural resources, Society and Natural Resources, 8:35-47.