Comparative Studies of Policy Agendas

<p>Previously published as a special issue of the <em>Journal of European Public Policy</em>, this book draws on the insights of the existing literature on agenda setting and policy changes to explore the dynamics of attention allocation and its consequences.</p><p>Attention is a crucial variable in understanding modern politics. Shifts in attention have dramatic consequences for both politics and policy decisions. </p><p>This volume includes case studies of nine different political systems including the US, Canada, several European systems, and the EU itself. It asks the following questions:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Which are the dynamics of agenda-setting in the EU? </li> <li>Which role do political parties play in attention allocation? </li> <li>What are the cross national differences in attention to health care? </li> <li>What role does science and expertise play in attention-allocation? </li> <li>What are the effects of political institutions? </li> </ul><p><em>Comparative Studies of Policy Agendas</em> will be of interest to students and scholars of policy analysis and public policy.</p> <p>1. Agenda-Setting in Comparative Perspective 2. The Policy Agendas Project: A Review 3. Timing and Sequence in Agenda Setting and Policy Change: A Comparative Study of Lawn Care Pesticide Politics in Canada and the U.S. 4. Legislative Priorities and Public Opinion: Representation of Partisan Agendas in the Canadian House of Commons 5. Policy with or without Parties? A Comparative Analysis of Policy Priorities and Policy Change in Belgium, 1991-2000 6. How Agenda-Setting Attributes Shape Politics: Basic Dilemmas, Problem Attention, and Health Politics Developments in the U.S. and Denmark 7. Explaining Policy Change: The Impact of the Media, Public Opinion and Political Violence on Urban Budgets in England 8. The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same: A Comparative Analysis of Budget Punctuations 9. Punctuated Equilibrium in the French Budgeting Process 10. The Political Flow of Wisdom: Science Institutions as Policy Venues in The Netherlands 11. Crashing and Creeping: Agenda Setting Dynamics in the European Union</p>