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Seven Political agenda setting

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Abstract

This chapter presents the various phases and questions concerning policy agenda setting. It discusses the process whereby a social problem is identified and then ‘thematicised’ as a public problem as well as the different characteristics of agenda setting. It notes that the political definition of the public problem constitutes, in effect, the first product that the analyst must study when discussing the cycle of public intervention in the context of an empirical study. It examines the general definition and operationalization of the concept of ‘public problem’. It determines the agenda-setting processes on the basis of the strategies of the actors involved, their resources, and the institutional rules that frame this first stage.

Abstract

This chapter presents the various phases and questions concerning policy agenda setting. It discusses the process whereby a social problem is identified and then ‘thematicised’ as a public problem as well as the different characteristics of agenda setting. It notes that the political definition of the public problem constitutes, in effect, the first product that the analyst must study when discussing the cycle of public intervention in the context of an empirical study. It examines the general definition and operationalization of the concept of ‘public problem’. It determines the agenda-setting processes on the basis of the strategies of the actors involved, their resources, and the institutional rules that frame this first stage.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of tables and figures v
  4. Preface to the English edition vii
  5. Introduction ix
  6. Theoretical framework
  7. Theoretical perspectives on policy analysis 3
  8. Keys to the analysis
  9. Public policy 21
  10. Policy actors 39
  11. Policy resources 63
  12. Institutional rules 91
  13. Analysis model
  14. Analysis model 113
  15. Political agenda setting 125
  16. Policy programming 151
  17. Policy implementation 187
  18. Evaluating policy effects 221
  19. Research and working hypotheses 251
  20. Conclusion 273
  21. References 289
  22. Index 315
Public policy analysis
This chapter is in the book Public policy analysis
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847422309-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of tables and figures v
  4. Preface to the English edition vii
  5. Introduction ix
  6. Theoretical framework
  7. Theoretical perspectives on policy analysis 3
  8. Keys to the analysis
  9. Public policy 21
  10. Policy actors 39
  11. Policy resources 63
  12. Institutional rules 91
  13. Analysis model
  14. Analysis model 113
  15. Political agenda setting 125
  16. Policy programming 151
  17. Policy implementation 187
  18. Evaluating policy effects 221
  19. Research and working hypotheses 251
  20. Conclusion 273
  21. References 289
  22. Index 315
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