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This is a similarly famous reading about the policy process and how action is taken. A na?ve model of decisions from governments (or other large organizations) would suggest that they look at an issue, consider all possible solutions, and then pick the one that has the highest expected benefit. However, this hardly seems to reflect the way governments actually take action. Kingdon introduced the ?three streams? model here, which includes useful concepts like the ?policy window? and ?policy entrepreneur?. What is the importance of agendas here? What are the three streams and how are they related to policy formation? If Kingdon is correct here, should we expect this process to get us to the best outcome? A good outcome? What types of outcomes does it favor? Does all of this sound right to you or do you have criticisms of the concepts?