Agendas and Instability in American Politics¶
Baumgartner, F. R., & Jones, B. D. (1993). Agendas and Instability in American Politics. University of Chicago Press.
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Primes¶
- Punctuated Equilibrium
- In public policy, long stretches of policy-monopoly stasis are interrupted by short bursts of agenda-shift and large budget reallocation, producing a leptokurtic distribution of policy changes.
This sourceIntroduces punctuated-equilibrium theory of policy: long policy-monopoly stasis interrupted by short bursts of agenda change and large budget reallocation.
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Publisher's description of the book states that bursts of rapid policy change punctuate stability, backing the theory's frame but not the budget-reallocation or leptokurtic clauses.
“to demonstrate that bursts of rapid, unpredictable policy change punctuate the patterns of stability more frequently associated with government”
- In public policy, long stretches of policy-monopoly stasis are interrupted by short bursts of agenda-shift and large budget reallocation, producing a leptokurtic distribution of policy changes.
Domain-specific¶
- Agenda Building
- Three elements are characteristic: policy entrepreneurs who pre-position proposals so they are ready when a window opens; focusing events — accidents, crises, scandals — that rupture prior attention allocations and force an issue onto the institutional docket; and feedback amplification in which early coverage, advocacy, and elite attention make further coverage and advocacy more likely, so that issues often languish for years and then catch fire rapidly
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“political process, the agenda-setting model. We show how the agenda-setting process implies that”
- Three elements are characteristic: policy entrepreneurs who pre-position proposals so they are ready when a window opens; focusing events — accidents, crises, scandals — that rupture prior attention allocations and force an issue onto the institutional docket; and feedback amplification in which early coverage, advocacy, and elite attention make further coverage and advocacy more likely, so that issues often languish for years and then catch fire rapidly
- Agenda-setting
- In policy studies, Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones's work on agenda dynamics (Agendas and Instability in American Politics, 1993) traced how surges of media attention to issues such as nuclear power, pesticides, and drug abuse preceded and accompanied bursts of congressional hearings and legislative activity
This sourceBaumgartner and Jones track media coverage alongside congressional hearings on pesticides and drug abuse; the text checked does not show media surges preceding the hearings or legislation.
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“Edited by Benjamin I. Page POLITIC {{{Frank}}} R. Baumgartner {{{Bryan}}} D. Jones The University of Chicago”
- In policy studies, Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones's work on agenda dynamics (Agendas and Instability in American Politics, 1993) traced how surges of media attention to issues such as nuclear power, pesticides, and drug abuse preceded and accompanied bursts of congressional hearings and legislative activity
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