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100			_aKay, W.D.
245			_aProblem definitions and policy contradictions: John F. Kennedy and the "Space Race"
260			_c2003
300			_ap.53-69.
362			_aFeb
520			_aUsually, when governments appear to be pursuing contgradictory or mutually exclusive goals, the response of the scholarly community has been to look for evidence of bureaucratic error, a lack of leadership, or some other type of administrative malfunction. This essay argues that the concept of problem (or issue) definition, which has been widely applied in the study of public policy, may in some cases also help explain the occurrence of this phenomenon as well. Using as an example a major (and, atg the time, quite startling) policy "reversal" in President Kennedy's approach to the U.S. space program, the essay shows how the appearance of a "contradiction" within the administration may well have been the result of a disagreement over how U.s. space policy was to be defined. - Reproduced.
650			_aSpace technology
773			_aPolicy Studies Journal
909			_a56375
999			_c56375 _d56375