
Comparative Policy Agendas
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- Cover
- Comparative Policy Agendas: Theory, Tools, Data
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Part I: Roots, Foundations, and Evolution
- 1: The Comparative Agendas Project: Intellectual Roots and Current Developments
- 1.1 Roots and Goals of the Comparative Agendas Project
- 1.2 Using Agendas to Study Public Policy across and within Nations
- 1.3 Comparative Policy Agendas as a Field of Study
- 1.4 The Current State of the CAP Infrastructure
- 1.5 Structure of the Book
- References
- 2: Gone Fishing: The Creation of the Comparative Agendas Project Master Codebook
- 2.1 The Comparative Agendas Project: A Philosophy and a Beginning
- 2.1.1 But What Is CAP Data?
- 2.1.2 Coding Limited by Design
- 2.1.3 Policy Not Targets? Terrorism and the Economic Crisis
- 2.2 Coding through Compromise: The CAP Master Codebook
- 2.2.1 The Master Codebook Process
- 2.2.2 The Devil in the Details
- 2.2.3 A Cold War Mentality: Addressing the Country and Regional Subtopics
- 2.3 The Validity of Policy Differences
- 2.3.1 Defense Policy: The United States vs Switzerland
- 2.3.2 Culture: Something France Has and the United Kingdom Does Not?
- 2.3.3 Universal Health: Policy Attention
- 2.4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- 3: The Comparative Agendas Project: The Evolving Research Interests and Designs of the CAP Scholarly Community
- 3.1 What CAP Scholars Are Interested in
- 3.2 Designs Used by CAP Scholars
- 3.3 Conclusion: Past and Future of the Comparative Agendas Project
- Note
- References
- Part II: Country Projects
- 4: The Australian Policy Agendas Project
- 4.1 The Australian Political System
- 4.2 Datasets of the Australian Policy Agendas Project
- 4.2.1 Legislation
- 4.2.2 Governor-General's Speeches (1945-2013)
- 4.2.3 Opposition Questions
- 4.2.4 The Media
- 4.2.5 Public Opinion
- 4.2.6 The High Court of Australia
- 4.3 An Example
- Notes
- References
- 5: The Belgian Agendas Project
- 5.1 The Belgian Agendas Project
- 5.2 The Belgian Political System
- 5.3 Belgian Datasets Description
- 5.4 Focus of the Belgian Project
- 5.5 Example: State Reform
- Notes
- References
- 6: The Canadian Agendas Project
- 6.1 The Canadian Political System
- 6.2 Canadian Political Agendas
- 6.3 Contributions of the Project and Perspectives
- References
- 7: Croatian Political Agendas
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The Croatian Political System
- 7.3 Datasets
- 7.4 Specificities
- 7.5 Automated Classification Procedure
- 7.6 Example: Government Confidentiality Policies
- References
- 8: The Danish Agendas Project
- 8.1 The Danish Political System
- 8.2 Datasets
- 8.3 Parliamentary Data Series
- 8.4 Local Government Agendas
- 8.5 Major Findings from the Danish Project
- Notes
- References
- 9: The French Agendas Project
- 9.1 The French Political System
- 9.2 Datasets
- 9.3 Specificities and Perspectives
- Note
- References
- 10: Political Agendas in Germany
- 10.1 The German Political System
- 10.2 German Political Agendas
- 10.3 Coding Procedure and Data Description
- 10.4 A First Look at the Database: Reunification in Political Agendas
- References
- 11: The Hungarian Agendas Project
- 11.1 The Hungarian Political System
- 11.2 Datasets
- 11.3 Specificities of the Hungarian Project
- 11.4 Perspectives: The Politics of Communism and Restitution
- Note
- References
- 12: The Israeli Agendas Project
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 The Israeli Political System
- 12.3 Datasets
- 12.3.1 Laws and Regulations
- 12.3.2 Cabinet Decisions
- 12.4 An Example: The Arrangement Law (The Hesderim Law)
- 12.5 Unique Features of the Israeli Coding Procedure
- Reference
- 13: The Italian Agendas Project
- 13.1 The Italian Political System
- 13.2 Codebook and Datasets
- 13.3 Specificities and Perspectives
- Notes
- References
- 14: The Dutch Policy Agendas Project
- 14.1 The Dutch Political System and Agenda-Setting
- 14.2 Datasets and Coding Procedures
- 14.3 Description of Datasets
- 14.4 Example: The Policy Agenda of Safety Issues
- References
- 15: The New Zealand Policy Agendas Project
- 15.1 New Zealand's Political System
- 15.2 Datasets of the New Zealand Policy Agendas Project
- 15.2.1 New Zealand Supreme Court
- 15.2.2 Parliament-Oral Questions
- 15.3 An Example
- Notes
- References
- 16: The Portuguese Policy Agendas Project
- 16.1 The Portuguese Political System
- 16.2 Coding Issues and Data
- 16.3 Party Pledges: Exemplifying on a Specificity
- 16.4 Final Remarks
- Note
- References
- 17: Agenda Dynamics in Spain
- 17.1 The Spanish Political System
- 17.2 Databases
- 17.3 Specificities: Multilevel Governance
- 17.4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 18: The Swiss Policy Agendas Project
- 18.1 The Swiss Political System
- 18.2 Datasets
- 18.3 Direct Democracy and Agenda-Setting
- Notes
- References
- 19: The Turkish Policy Agendas Project
- 19.1 Turkish Politics
- 19.2 Datasets
- 19.3 Empirical Applications
- 19.3.1 Measuring Public Preferences and Government Responsiveness
- 19.3.2 Public Budgeting in Authoritarian Regimes
- 19.4 Concluding Remarks
- References
- 20: The UK Policy Agendas Project
- 20.1 The UK Policy Agendas Project
- 20.2 The UK Political System and Agenda-Setting
- 20.3 Project and Data
- 20.3.1 The UK Coding System, Protocols, and Reliability
- 20.3.2 Comparing Cross-Nationally
- 20.3.3 Datasets
- 20.4 Insights from the UK Policy Agendas Project Data
- Note
- References
- 21: The US Policy Agendas Project
- 21.1 US Policy Agendas
- 21.2 US Political System
- 21.3 Datasets
- 21.4 A Look into the Data
- References
- 22: The EU Policy Agendas Project
- 22.1 The EU Political System
- 22.2 EU Policy Agendas Datasets
- 22.3 Specificities
- 22.4 An Example
- Note
- References
- 23: Agenda-Setting in the Florida Legislature
- 23.1 Florida
- 23.2 Extant Datasets
- 23.2.1 Bills
- 23.2.2 Biographical Data of Florida State Legislators
- 23.2.3 Newspaper Data-the Sayfie Review
- 23.3 Codebook
- 23.4 Coder Training
- 23.5 Data Example
- 23.6 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 24: Pennsylvania Policy Database Project
- 24.1 The Government and Politics of Pennsylvania
- 24.2 Datasets
- 24.3 Specificities and Perspectives
- 24.4 Data Analysis Example
- Notes
- References
- Part III: Comparative Perspectives
- 25: The Public Agenda: A Comparative Perspective
- 25.1 The Public Agenda and Theories of Agenda-Setting
- 25.2 Causes and Effects of the Public Agenda
- 25.3 Comparing the Public Agenda
- 25.4 Measuring the Public Agenda
- 25.5 Analysis
- 25.5.1 Comparing Public Agendas in United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain
- 25.5.2 Tracking the Public Agenda over Time
- 25.5.3 Stability and Instability in the Public Agenda
- 25.5.4 What Shapes the Public Agenda?
- 25.5.5 Representation via the Public and Policy Agenda
- 25.5.6 Public and Policy Agendas over Time
- 25.6 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 26: From Public to Publics: Assessing Group Variation in Issue Priorities in the United States and Israel
- 26.1 The Public Agenda and Issue Priorities
- 26.2 MIP Data
- 26.3 Issue Priorities in the United States
- 26.3.1 Macroeconomics
- 26.3.2 Macroeconomics-Minor Topics
- 26.4 Issue Priorities in Israel
- 26.5 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 27: Protest and Agenda-Setting
- 27.1 The Agenda Effect of Protest
- 27.2 Methods
- 27.3 Results
- 27.4 Conclusion
- References
- 28: The Media Agenda
- 28.1 Introduction
- 28.2 The Media Agenda: One of a Kind?
- 28.3 Political Agenda-Setting by the media
- 28.4 Empirical Example
- 28.4.1 Data
- 28.4.2 Results
- 28.5 Conclusion
- References
- 29: Parliamentary Questions
- 29.1 Oral Questions as Attention-Seeking Devices
- 29.2 Party Competition and the Increase in ParliamentaryQuestioning
- 29.3 Fragmentation of Issue Attention
- 29.4 Parliamentary Questions and Institutional Friction
- 29.5 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 30: Connecting Government Announcements and Public Policy
- 30.1 Expanding the "Program to Policy Link"
- 30.2 Institutional Features and the "Program to Policy Link"
- 30.3 Data and Methodology
- 30.4 Results and Discussion
- 30.5 Conclusion
- Note
- References
- 31: The Europeanization of Parliamentary Attention in and out of the European Union: France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Switzerland Compared
- 31.1 Introduction
- 31.2 The Europeanization of Parliamentary Activities
- 31.3 Coding of Parliamentary Questions (PQs)
- 31.4 The Scope and Triggers of Europeanized Questions
- 31.4.1 Evolution over Time and across Countries
- 31.4.2 Issue Attention
- 31.5 Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- 32: Horizontal and Vertical Attention Dynamics: Environmental Problems on Executive Policy Agendas in EU Member States
- 32.1 The Conditional Attention to Environmental Problems
- 32.2 Horizontal and Vertical Attention Dynamics
- 32.2.1 Horizontal Attention Dynamics: Issue Competition
- 32.2.2 Vertical Attention Dynamics: Multilevel Agenda-Setting
- 32.3 Data and Method of Analysis
- 32.4 Empirical Patterns in Four Member States and the European Union
- 32.4.1 Vertical Attention Dynamics: Multilevel Agenda-Setting
- 32.4.2 Horizontal Attention Dynamics: Issue Competition
- 32.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix 32.A.1: Subtopics included in the data
- Appendix 32.B.1: Summary of attention to environment in four countries
- Notes
- References
- 33: Using CAP Data for Qualitative Policy Research
- 33.1 Introduction
- 33.2 CAP as a Tool for Identifying Relevant Population of Cases
- 33.2.1 Drift in the United States
- 33.2.2 Drift in Spain
- 33.2.3 Limitations
- 33.3 CAP as a Tool for Familiarization with the Case of Interest
- 33.3.1 Childcare Policy in Spain
- 33.4 CAP as a Tool for Gathering Evidence
- 33.4.1 Lock-in Effect in Childcare Policy in the United States
- 33.4.2 Limitations
- 33.5 Conclusion
- Note
- References
- 34: Issue Attention in West European Party Politics: CAP and CMP Coding Compared
- 34.1 Introduction
- 34.2 The CMP and CAP Datasets and the Discussions around them
- 34.3 CMP and CAP Compared
- 34.4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- 35: Advancing the Study of Comparative Public Policy
- 35.1 A Vast Infrastructure for the Study of Comparative Public Policy
- 35.2 Setting Standards for Collecting and Assembling Comparative Policy Data
- 35.3 The Future of Comparative Public Policy Studies
- References
- Index
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