Public Choices and Policy Change

Merilee S. Grindle is in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Explaining Choice and ChangeChapter 2. Linking Theory and PracticeChapter 3. Generalizing about Developing Country Policy EnvironmentsChapter 4. Settling Agendas: Circumstance, Process, and ReformChapter 5. Making Decisions: The Concerns of Policy ElitesChapter 6. Implementing Reform: Arenas, Stakes, and ResourcesChapter 7. Reforming Policies in the 1980s: Changing Circumstances and Shifting ParametersChapter 8. Conclusion: Finding Room to ManeuverNotesBibliographyIndex

This work looks not so much at the obstacles to reform as the ways to get around them through imaginative management. The proper setting of an agenda for action, the process of making intelligent decisions and the implementation of reform are all analyzed in depth. Foreign Affairs An essential work of reference for researchers investigating contemporary socio-political change in the Latin American countryside. Development and Change