Handbook of Public Policy Agenda Setting (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series)

Setting the agenda on agenda setting, this Handbook explores how and why private matters become public issues and occasionally government priorities. It provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the perspectives, individuals, and institutions involved in setting the government’s agenda at subnational, national, and international levels. Drawing on contributions from leading academics across the world, this Handbook is split into five distinct parts. Part one sets public policy agenda setting in its historical context, devoting chapters to more in-depth studies of the main individual scholars and their works. Part two offers an extensive examination of the theoretical development, whilst part three provides a comprehensive look at the various institutional dimensions. Part four reviews the literature on sub-national, national and international governance levels. Finally, part five offers innovative coverage on agenda setting during crises. The first of its kind, this Handbook will be the definitive reference tool in public policy agenda setting for scholars, students, and practitioners in political science, public policy, public administration, and mass communication. 1. Setting the Agenda on Agenda Setting: Definitions, Concepts, and Controversies Nikolaos Zahariadis Part I. People and Context 2. A Radical Idea Tamed: The Work of Roger Cobb and Charles Elder Bryan D. Jones 3. Agenda Setting, Problem Definition, and their Contributions to a Political Policy Analysis David A. Rochefort 4. John Kingdon and the Evolutionary Approach to Public Policy and Agenda Setting Frank R. Baumgartner Part II. Theoretical Developments 5. Punctuated Equilibrium Theory Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Sebastiaan Princen 6. Multiple Streams Analysis: A Flexible Metaphor Presents an Opportunity to Operationalize Agenda Setting Processes Paul Cairney and Nikolaos Zahariadis 7. Making Sense of Complexity: The NPF and Agenda Setting Holly L. Peterson and Michael D. Jones 8. Constructivism and Agenda Setting Sabine Saurugger Part III. Institutional Dimensions 9. Political Agenda Setting by the Mass Media Peter Van Aelst and Stefaan Walgrave 10. Policy Entrepreneurship and Agenda Setting Nissim Cohen 11. Interest Groups and Agenda Setting Laura Chaqués-Bonafont 12. Political Parties and the Policy Agenda Vilém Novotný, Martin Polášek, and Michel Perottino 13. Presidential Power and Agenda Setting Paul Rutledge 14. The Domestication of a “Wild” Problem: Taming Policy Agenda Setting Philippe Zittoun 15. Knowledge, Epistemic Communities, and Agenda Setting Claire A. Dunlop Part IV. Comparative Applications across Levels of Government 16. Local Government Agenda Setting Rebecca Eissler, Peter B. Mortensen, Annelise Russell 17. Agenda Setting Dynamics and Differences across Issues: Agenda Setting on the Economy and Foreign Policy Jeffrey S. Peake 18. Communications Policy in the EU: The UK as a Policy Entrepreneur Alison Harcourt 19. Agenda Setting in the European Union: From Sui Generis to Mainstream Sebastiaan Princen 20. The United Nations and Agenda Setting Jutta Joachim and Natalia Dalmer Part V. Agendas and Crises 21. Attention and Natural Disasters Thomas A. Birkland 22. Institutional Crisis and the Policy Agenda Chris Ansell, Arjen Boin, and Sanneke Kuipers 23. Financial Regulation and Agenda Dynamics: Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis Roy Gava 24. Problem Definition and the Social Dimensions of Crises Stella Ladi Index Front Matter 1 Copyright 4 Contents 7 List of contributors 10 Acknowledgements 15 List of abbreviations 17 1. Setting the agenda on agenda setting: definitions, concepts, and controversies 19 PART I: PEOPLE AND CONTEXT 41 2. A radical idea tamed: the work of Roger Cobb and Charles Elder 43 3. Agenda setting, problem definition, and their contributions to a political policy analysis 53 4. John Kingdon and the evolutionary approach to public policy and agenda setting 71 PART II: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS 85 5. Punctuated equilibrium theory 87 6. Multiple streams approach: a flexible metaphor presents an opportunity to operationalize agenda setting processes 105 7. Making sense of complexity: the narrative policy framework and agenda setting 124 8. Constructivism and agenda setting 150 PART III: INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS 173 9. Political agenda setting by the mass media: ten years of research, 2005–2015 175 10. Policy entrepreneurs and agenda setting 198 11. Interest groups and agenda setting 218 12. Political parties and the policy agenda 235 13. Presidential power and agenda setting 254 14. The domestication of a “wild” problem: taming policy agenda setting 272 15. Knowledge, epistemic communities, and agenda setting 291 PART IV: COMPARATIVE APPLICATIONS ACROSS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT 313 16. Local government agenda setting 315 17. Agenda setting dynamics and differences across issues: agenda setting on the economy and foreign policy 332 18. Communications policy in the European Union: the UK as a policy entrepreneur 350 19. Agenda setting in the European Union: from sui generis to mainstream 366 20. The United Nations and agenda setting 385 PART V: AGENDAS AND CRISES 405 21. Attention and natural disasters: 407 22. Institutional crisis and the policy agenda 433 23. Financial regulation and agenda dynamics: impacts of the global financial crisis 451 24. Discursive institutionalism, problem definition, and the consequences of crisis for agenda setting 475 Index 489 Setting the agenda on agenda setting, this Handbook explores how and why private matters become public issues and occasionally government priorities. It provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the perspectives, individuals, and institutions involved in setting the government's agenda at sub-national, national, and international levels. Drawing on contributions from leading academics across the world, this handbook is split into five distinct parts. Part one sets public policy agenda setting in its historical context, devoting chapters to more in-depth studies of the main individual scholars and their works. Part two offers an extensive examination of the theoretical development, while part three provides a comprehensive look at the various institutional dimensions. Part four reviews the literature on sub-national, national and international governance levels, and finally part five offers innovative coverage on agenda setting during crises.The first of its kind, this Handbook will be the definitive reference tool in public policy agenda setting for scholars, students, and practitioners in political science, public policy, public administration, and mass communication.Contributors include: F.R. Baumgartner, T.A. Birkland, A. Boin, L. Chaqués-Bonafont, P. Cairney, N. Cohen, N. Dalmer, C.A. Dunlop, R. Eissler, R. Gava, C. Green-Pedersen, A. Harcourt, J. Joachim, B.D. Jones, M.D. Jones, S. Kuipers, S. Ladi, P.B. Mortensen, V. Novotný, J. Peake, M. Perottino, H.L. Peterson, M. Polásek, S. Princen, D.A. Rochefort, A. Russell, P. Rutledge, S. Saurugger, P. Van Aelst, S. Walgrave, N. Zahariadis, P. Zittoun Setting the agenda on agenda setting, this Handbook explores how and why private matters become public issues and occasionally government priorities. It provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the perspectives, individuals, and institutions involved in setting the government's agenda at sub-national, national, and international levels. Drawing on contributions from leading academics across the world, this handbook is split into five distinct parts. Part one sets public policy agenda setting in its historical context, devoting chapters to more in-depth studies of the main individual scholars and their works. Part two offers an extensive examination of the theoretical development, while part three provides a comprehensive look at the various institutional dimensions. Part four reviews the literature on sub-national, national and international governance levels, and finally part five offers innovative coverage on agenda setting during crises. The first of its kind, this Handbook will be the definitive reference tool in public policy agenda setting for scholars, students, and practitioners in political science, public policy, public administration, and mass communication. Contributors F.R. Baumgartner, T.A. Birkland, A. Boin, L. Chaqus-Bonafont, P. Cairney, N. Cohen, N. Dalmer, C.A. Dunlop, R. Eissler, R. Gava, C. Green-Pedersen, A. Harcourt, J. Joachim, B.D. Jones, M.D. Jones, S. Kuipers, S. Ladi, P.B. Mortensen, V. Novotn, J. Peake, M. Perottino, H.L. Peterson, M. Polsek, S. Princen, D.A. Rochefort, A. Russell, P. Rutledge, S. Saurugger, P. Van Aelst, S. Walgrave, N. Zahariadis, P. Zittoun