Agenda setting, policies, and political systems : a comparative approach / edited by Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Stefaan Walgrave.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green-Pedersen, Christoffer, editor of compilation.

Walgrave, Stefaan, 1966- editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Europe.

Political science.

Political science--North America.

Politics, Practical--Europe.

Politics, Practical.

Politics, Practical--North America.

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 their political systems. Agenda Setting and Political Attention brings together essays on eleven countries and two broad themes. Contributors to the first section analyze the extent to which party and electoral changes and shifts in the partisan composition of government have led—or not led—to policy changes in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, and France. The second section turns the focus on changing institutional structures in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, and Canada, including the German reunification and the collapse of the Italian party system. Together, the essays make clear the efficacy of the agenda-setting approach for understanding not only how policies evolve, but also how political systems function.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Political Agenda Setting: An Approach to Studying Political Systems - Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Stefaan Walgrave""; ""Part I. Parties, Elections, and Policies""; ""2. Party Politics and the Policy Agenda: The Case of the United Kingdom - Peter John, Shaun Bevan, and Will Jennings""; ""3. Lawmaking and Agenda Setting in the United States, 1948�2010 - Bryan D. Jones and Michelle C. Whyman""; ""4. The Evolution of the French Political Space Revisited: Issue Priorities and Party Competition - Sylvain Brouard, Emiliano Grossman, and Isabelle Guinaudeau""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-226-12844-X

OCLC:

875894450