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Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems: A Comparative Approach
Green-Pedersen, Christoffer, Walgrave, Stefaan
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Description for Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems: A Comparative Approach
Paperback. Before making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. This book features essays that make clear the efficacy of the agenda-setting approach for understanding not only how policies evolve, but also how political systems function. Editor(s): Green-Pedersen, Christoffer; Walgrave, Stefaan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 28 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Before making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. The agenda-setting approach in political science holds that the amount of attention devoted by the various actors within a political system to issues like immigration, health care, and the economy can inform our understanding of its basic patterns and processes. While there has been considerable attention to how political systems process issues in the United States, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Stefaan Walgrave demonstrate the broader applicability of this approach by extending it to other countries and ... Read more
Before making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. The agenda-setting approach in political science holds that the amount of attention devoted by the various actors within a political system to issues like immigration, health care, and the economy can inform our understanding of its basic patterns and processes. While there has been considerable attention to how political systems process issues in the United States, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Stefaan Walgrave demonstrate the broader applicability of this approach by extending it to other countries and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226128306
SKU
V9780226128306
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About Green-Pedersen, Christoffer, Walgrave, Stefaan
Christoffer Green-Pedersen is professor of political science at Aarhus University, Denmark, and coeditor of Dismantling Public Policy. Stefaan Walgrave is professor of political science at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and coeditor of The World Says No to War.
Reviews for Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems: A Comparative Approach
Green-Pedersen and Walgrave have admirably assembled a group of contributors who, individually and collectively, bring the tools of policy agenda analysis to bear on the central political features of each of the countries examined. Along the way, the findings demolish prevailing expectations about national politics in thought-provoking ways. Clear and remarkable for its depth of analysis, this is one of ... Read more