1. Floating Topic
2. ACTORS
   1. STATE
      1. eg. US gov increasing middle class via social policy - Merger, Martin
      2. largest
   2. COMMUNITY
   3. FAMILY
   4. MARKET
   5. ARGUMENTS
      1. STATE STRONGEST
         1. CY Thomas - State 'high' involvement in all policy areas in carib
         2. Grindle and Thomas - even larger in dev countries than dev ones
         3. all other actors must interact with mechanisms (legislation etc) created/managed by state
      2. NATURE OF ST8 POWER ADJUSTED BY NGO's
         1. EG. iNTL NGO's
         2. regional+international binding treaty obligations
3. DEFINITIONS
   1. Clive Thomas
4. Process problems
   1. AGENDA SETTING
      1. WHO'S PROBLEM?
   2. POLICY CHOICE
      1. BEST BUT..
   3. IMPLEMENTATION
      1. I know but...
      2. Low on Priority List of Actor
      3. Budgetary limiations
      4. OPPOSITION