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This book argues that time is a vital, pervasive, but frequently neglected, dimension in contemporary public policymaking and management. It traces the character of that neglect and goes on to review the theoretical and conceptual means for redressing it. It argues that the temporal dimension is crucial for many policy problems and management challenges, and supports that argument with empirical evidence from many countries. It wrestles with diverse literatures, some of which may be relatively unfamiliar to most students in the field. It connects with important debates about policy agenda setting, governmental decision making and organizational adaptation, learning and change. It is intended to be an exploratory voyage across a broad ocean of great strategic importance to our subject. Let me explain something of how this expedition got started.
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