000			01373naa a2200193uu 4500
001			11556
003			OSt
005			20190211155518.0
008			030226s2006 xx ||||gr |0|| 0 eng d
100	1		_aGRAY, Virginia _94310
245	1	0	_aWhere do policy ideas come from? A study of Minnesota Legislators and staffers
260			_cjul. 2000
520	3		_aIn this article we will examine the origin of policy ideas in a state legislature. Using data from a survey of Minnesota legislators and from a survey of staffers, we compare the sources of information used in each of three stages of the policy process: problem identification, policy formulation, and enactment. We compare the importance of traditional, sources to the influence of think tanks, foundations, and newspaper editorials. We find that legislators rely primarily on their own experiences and those of their constituents. When they are compared to all other sources, the new "idea factories" have little influence in the policy process. There are few differences between policy stages in terms of the information that the legislators and staffers rely upon
700	1		_aLOWERY, David _96297
773	0	8	_tJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory _g10, 3, p. 573-597 _d, jul. 2000 _w
942			_cS
998			_a20030226 _bLucima _cLucimara
998			_a20060210 _b1604^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c11679 _d11679
041			_aeng