Agenda Setting in Comparative Perspective

Baumgartner, Frank R.

doi:10.1017/s1537592716000141

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“…This study enriches the literature on agenda-setting, especially issue competition (Baumgartner 2016;Jennings et al 2011;John et al 2013). While we know that governments think their policy agendas strategically and actively trade off different issues, we know of no empirical work that specifically evaluates the actual effects of agendasetting on policy outcomes (Mortensen 2010).…”

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“…Kingdon (1984) defined the policy agenda as "the list of subjects or problems to which government officials, and the people outside of government closely associated with those officials, are paying serious attention at any given time." Therefore, most agenda-setting literature, particularly comparative agenda studies, focuses on revealing the changing logic of policy agendas and the factors that drive governments' attention to specific issues (John 2006;Baumgartner 2016;Baumgartner and Jones 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Policy Agendas and Environmental Protection: How Agenda-Setting Matters

Yan,

Yang,

Christensen

2023

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Agenda-setting is the initial stage in policymaking. This article investigates whether agenda-setting influences the outcome of the policy process. Based on data from the policy agendas of Chinese provincial governments, our empirical study discovered that more attention to environmental protection in core policy venues could help improve provincial air quality. However, because of limited space on the political agenda and competing issues, an increasing proportion of the issues with the highest priority on the policy agenda are associated with poorer environmental quality, illustrating how “top issues” tend to crowd out environmental concerns. Furthermore, we found no evidence that policymakers’ agendas influence provincial air quality. The findings enrich our understanding of the critical role of agenda-setting in the policy process. More broadly, this study seeks to apply agenda-setting literature and methodology to a one-party state in order to better understand the agenda dynamics.

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confidence: 61%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy Agendas and Environmental Protection: How Agenda-Setting Matters

Yan,

Yang,

Christensen

2023

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“…According to the paradigm of punctuated equilibrium periods of stasis in public policy are shaken from time to time by innovations or political events, such as change of government, which presents a window of opportunity and accords new priority to an issue or changes the dynamics [ 24 , 25 ]. Following years of relatively limited action, the MPS innovation represents a potential game-changer for national NCD policy-making in LMICs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Following years of relatively limited action, the MPS innovation represents a potential game-changer for national NCD policy-making in LMICs. MPS provides an opportunity for strengthening national agenda setting [ 24 , 25 ], including taking evidence-based action in the areas of NCD prevention and control. The technology can help generate new information rapidly, which can indicate the effectiveness or lack of a national policy, and thereby help to challenge the status quo of equilibrium [ 25 , 26 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Moving the Agenda on Noncommunicable Diseases: Policy Implications of Mobile Phone Surveys in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Pariyo¹,

Wosu²,

Gibson³

et al. 2017

J Med Internet Res

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The growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), for example, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases, in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) presents special challenges for policy makers, due to resource constraints and lack of timely data for decision-making. Concurrently, the increasing ubiquity of mobile phones in LMICs presents possibilities for rapid collection of population-based data to inform the policy process. The objective of this paper is to highlight potential benefits of mobile phone surveys (MPS) for developing, implementing, and evaluating NCD prevention and control policies. To achieve this aim, we first provide a brief overview of major global commitments to NCD prevention and control, and subsequently explore how countries can translate these commitments into policy action at the national level. Using the policy cycle as our frame of reference, we highlight potential benefits of MPS which include (1) potential cost-effectiveness of using MPS to inform NCD policy actions compared with using traditional household surveys; (2) timeliness of assessments to feed into policy and planning cycles; (3) tracking progress of interventions, hence assessment of reach, coverage, and distribution; (4) better targeting of interventions, for example, to high-risk groups; (5) timely course correction for suboptimal or non-effective interventions; (6) assessing fairness in financial contribution and financial risk protection for those affected by NCDs in the spirit of universal health coverage (UHC); and (7) monitoring progress in reducing catastrophic medical expenditure due to chronic health conditions in general, and NCDs in particular. We conclude that MPS have potential to become a powerful data collection tool to inform policies that address public health challenges such as NCDs. Additional forthcoming assessments of MPS in LMICs will inform opportunities to maximize this technology.

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