Two Top-Down Approaches of the Public Policy: Similarities, Differences and Ethics of the Bardach’s and Kingdon’s Perspectives of Policy Process

Abstract

This comparative review analyzes two top-down approaches of public policy, the approach of Eugene Bardach,
representative of the classical side, and the approach of John Kingdon, representative the modern side. By this review, readers
are going to identify and evaluate the similarities, differences and the ethics of the perspectives. This analysis shows the
identical differences about “how ideas become policy.” This comparative review also shows the different aspects of the two topdown
approaches, so it can be also seen as a comparison of two top-down approaches of the public policy