The Expansion of Human Services in Allegheny County case study

Analyze the case study The Expansion of Human Services in Allegheny County, 1968-95, pages 145 – 164 of the text. Your written assignment analysis essay must address the following questions: Explain how the case study offered support for or against the: (a) the rational model; (b) the political model; and (c) the policy process model. Which elements of the three-stage Cobb and Elder model on agenda setting could you identify in the case study? Explain how Kingdon’s “three streams” model of the policy process sheds light on how human service policy developed in Allegheny County.