Cookies, Candy, and Coke: Examining State Sugar-Sweetened-Beverage Tax Policy from a Multiple Streams Approach

Mosier, Samantha L.

doi:10.1080/12294659.2013.10805242

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“…Another consistent finding in the literature is that NANs are more likely to be cohesive in the presence of leaders capable of managing complex relationships, conflicts, and competing interests among members, while increased cohesion can in‐turn reinforce the strength of leadership . Nutrition leaders enhance the strategic capacities (ie, “soft‐power” skills) of NANs and are thereby more capable of building internal cohesion and managing external commitment‐building activities across multiple sectors and levels .…”

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“…,44,45,54,57,61,74,75 Member conflict within NANs appears to Another consistent finding in the literature is that NANs are more likely to be cohesive in the presence of leaders capable of managing complex relationships, conflicts, and competing interests among members,34,[44][45][46]48,52,67,85 while increased cohesion can in-turn reinforce the strength of leadership 66. Nutrition leaders enhance the strategic capacities (ie, "soft-power" skills) of NANs and are thereby more capa-…”

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Generating political commitment for ending malnutrition in all its forms: A system dynamics approach for strengthening nutrition actor networks

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Summary Generating political commitment for ending all forms of malnutrition represents a key challenge for the global nutrition community. Without commitment, the policies, programs, and resources needed to improve nutrition are unlikely to be adopted, effectively implemented, nor sustained. One essential driver of commitment is nutrition actor network (NAN) effectiveness, the web of individuals and organizations operating within a given country who share a common interest in improving nutrition and who act collectively to do so. To inform new thinking and action towards strengthening NAN effectiveness, we use a systems dynamics theoretical approach and literature review to build initial causal loop diagrams (CLDs) of political commitment and NAN effectiveness and a qualitative group model building (GMB) method involving an expert workshop to strengthen model validity. First, a “nutrition commitment system” CLD demonstrates how five interrelated forms of commitment—rhetorical, institutional, operational, embedded, and system‐wide—can dynamically reinforce or diminish one another over time. Second, we present CLDs demonstrating factors shaping NAN effectiveness organized into three categories: actor features, resources, and capacities; framing strategies, evidence, and norms; and institutional, political, and societal contexts. Together, these models generate hypotheses on how political commitment and NAN effectiveness could be strengthened in future and may provide potential starting points for country‐specific conversations for doing so.

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Generating political commitment for ending malnutrition in all its forms: A system dynamics approach for strengthening nutrition actor networks

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“…Kingdon's theory has been used frequently to explain health policy processes in many situations, [23][24][25] including an analysis of how some US state legislatures passed SSB taxes. 26 We use the theory to explain agenda setting for the SSB tax in Mexico: how the SSB tax went from a policy idea without much support to its adoption as part of Mexico's 2013 fiscal reform.…”

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The Politics of Taxes for Health: An Analysis of the Passage of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Mexico

James

Lajous

Reich

2020

Health Systems & Reform

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This article explores the politics of passage of the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax in Mexico, using published documents, media articles, and interviews with key stakeholders. The article examines first the period of agenda setting when the tax was included in the President's fiscal reform package; and second, the period of legislative passage, when the bill was introduced in Congress and was passed. The analysis uses Kingdon's three streams theory of agenda setting, to explain how the tax emerged on the agenda and how agenda setting shaped and enabled legislative passage. The article offers five lessons related to the politics of passing the SSB tax in Mexico. First, passing an SSB tax was difficult and required high-level organization, cooperation, planning, and effort. Second, supporters needed an understanding of how to manage the political and economic context, facilitated by a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Third, framing the tax as generating revenue helped get the proposal onto the policy agenda and enabled buy-in from the powerful Ministry of Finance (Hacienda). Fourth, forming networks within the legislature early on allowed tax proponents to have a network of allies within Congress ready when the SSB tax was introduced as a bill. Finally, early public relations campaigns helped shape public perception that Mexico's obesity epidemic was driven in part by SSB consumption. This is the first paper that uses political science theory and primary data collection and interviews with a broad range of stakeholders, to explain how Mexico passed an SSB tax despite opposition from a strong national SSB industry.

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“… H H H L Details of ethics approval provided. Mosier et al 2013 [ 64 ] USA, states of Colorado and Kansas State level Sales and excise tax policy on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB) Stages of focus not specified however appears to focus on policy process stages leading to policy adoption (i.e., agenda setting and policy formulation) Qualitative comparative study, utilising observations, interviews and document analysis. Nine individuals, involved in the policy processes were interviewed.…”

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The application of theories of the policy process to obesity prevention: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

2016

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BackgroundTheories of the policy process are recommended as tools to help explain both policy stasis and change.MethodsA systematic review of the application of such theoretical frameworks within the field of obesity prevention policy was conducted. A meta-synthesis was also undertaken to identify the key influences on policy decision-making.ResultsThe review identified 17 studies of obesity prevention policy underpinned by political science theories. The majority of included studies were conducted in the United States (US), with significant heterogeneity in terms of policy level (e.g., national, state) studied, areas of focus, and methodologies used. Many of the included studies were methodologically limited, in regard to rigour and trustworthiness. Prominent themes identified included the role of groups and networks, political institutions, and political system characteristics, issue framing, the use of evidence, personal values and beliefs, prevailing political ideology, and timing.ConclusionsThe limited application of political science theories indicates a need for future theoretically based research into the complexity of policy-making and multiple influences on obesity prevention policy processes.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3639-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Cookies, Candy, and Coke: Examining State Sugar-Sweetened-Beverage Tax Policy from a Multiple Streams Approach

Cited by 28 publications

References 4 publications

Generating political commitment for ending malnutrition in all its forms: A system dynamics approach for strengthening nutrition actor networks

Generating political commitment for ending malnutrition in all its forms: A system dynamics approach for strengthening nutrition actor networks

The Politics of Taxes for Health: An Analysis of the Passage of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Mexico

The application of theories of the policy process to obesity prevention: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

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