Description
| Product ID: | 9780230390393 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Comparative Studies of Political Agendas |
| Title: | Policy Agendas in British Politics |
| Authors: | Author: A. Bertelli, W. Jennings, S. Bevan, P. John |
| Page Count: | 241 |
| Subjects: | Political ideologies and movements, Political ideologies, Political structure and processes, Political parties and party platforms, Public administration, Central / national / federal government policies, Political structure & processes, Political parties, Public administration, Central government policies, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
| Description: | Using a unique dataset spanning fifty years of policy-making in Britain, this book traces how topics like the economy, international affairs, and crime have shifted in importance. It takes a new approach to agenda setting called focused adaptation, and sheds new light on key points of change in British politics, such as Thatcherism and New Labour. Through a unique dataset covering half a century of policy-making in Britain, this book traces how topics like the economy, international affairs, and crime have changed in their importance to government. The data concerns key venues of decision-making - the Queen''s Speech, laws and budgets - which are compared to the media and public opinion. These trends are conveyed through accessible figures backed up by a series of examples of important policies. As a result, the book throws new light on the key points of change in British politics, such as Thatcherism and New Labour and explores different approaches to agenda setting helping to account for these changes: incrementalism, the issue attention cycle and the punctuated equilibrium model. What results is the development of a new approach to agenda setting labelled focused adaptation whereby policy-makers respond to structural shifts in the underlying pattern of attention. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-07-08 |
