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100			_aTieman, Anne
245			_aA load of old garbage: applying garbage-can theory to contemporary housing policy
260			_c2002
300			_ap.86-97.
362			_aSep
520			_aThis article reviews the applicability of 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. - Reproduced.
650			_aHousing
700			_aBurke, Terry
773			_aAustralian Journal of Public Administration
909			_a53918
999			_c53918 _d53918