1. January 17, 2006 POLS 4300.06 Hogwood and Gunn, Chaps 5-7, 67-127 Focus on Issue Analysis: Search, Filtration, Definition Issue Search: an attempt to isolate a potential/actual problem at a sufficiently early stage (versus ‘firefighting’) While also realizing that issues get on policy agendas for many reasons

2. January 17, 2006 POLS 4300.06 Continuum from regularly recurring to rarely occurring and unique issues Combined with a continuum from standardized to case by case solutions 6 reasons issues most likely to be on agenda, p. 68. 5 reasons for and against active issue search, pp. 69-72

3. January 17, 2006 POLS 4300.06 Distinctive aspects of public sector issue search, pp. 73-76 External elements in issue search, 76-78 Methods of more active search, 78-85 The active issue search function and its institutional setting, 85-87 The important role of politics in influencing issue search in a democracy

4. January 17, 2006 POLS 4300.06 Issue Filtration, pp. 88-107 Filtration: deciding how to decide Selection of an appropriate method of analysis Context: Criteria for issue filtration, 91-99 Procedures for issue filtration, 99-107 Concentrate on tables and figures, 100- 107, the need for ‘mixed scanning’

5. January 17, 2006 POLS 4300.06 Issue definition, pp. 108-127 Meaning: 5 concerns pp. 108-110 Why so difficult and what it portends Values, forecasting and issue definition, pp.111-115 Improving/approaching issue definition: considerations, pp. 114-127 Page 122, Factors explaining vandalism