Agenda-setting in the European Union /
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| Author / Creator: | Princen, Sebastiaan. |
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| Imprint: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. |
| Description: | x, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Palgrave studies in European Union politics Palgrave studies in European Union politics. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7725582 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1. Studying Policy Agendas in the EU
- 1.1. The challenge of agenda-setting
- 1.2. Why study EU agenda-setting?
- 1.3. Three central themes
- 1.4. The main argument
- 1.5. Plan of this book
- 2. Understanding Agenda-Setting Dynamics
- 2.1. What are policy agendas?
- 2.2. Two perspectives on issue formation
- 2.3. Agenda-setting in domestic politics: Conflict expansion, framing and institutions
- 2.4. Agenda-setting dynamics in the EU
- 2.5. Factors and processes in EU agenda-setting
- 3. Assessing Agendas and Agenda Dynamics
- 3.1. The choice of health and environmental policies
- 3.2. Assessing agendas
- 3.3. Case studies: Selection and design
- 3.4. From methods to empirics
- 4. The Evolution of EU Policy Agendas in Comparative Perspective
- 4.1. Charting the development of EU agendas
- 4.2. Overall attention for health and environmental issues
- 4.3. Environmental issues in the EU and the US
- 4.4. Health issues in the EU and the US
- 4.5. Explaining EU receptiveness to health and environmental issues
- 5. Starting from Scratch: Moving New Issues onto the EU Agenda
- 5.1. The rise of public health issues on the EU agenda
- 5.2. Anti-smoking policy in the EU
- 5.3. Alcoholism policy in the EU
- 5.4. The dynamics of agenda expansion in EU health policy
- 6. A Bridge Too Far? The Limits of EU Agenda Expansion
- 6.1. Health care issues on the EU agenda
- 6.2. Health care systems and the reform debate in Europe
- 6.3. The EU and the reform of health systems
- 6.4. The limits of agenda expansion in EU health policy
- 7. Changing the Tune: Agenda-Setting Dynamics around Recurring Policy Issues
- 7.1. EU fisheries policy as a recurring issue
- 7.2. The creation of a CFP
- 7.3. 'Greening' the CFP
- 7.4. Agenda change in EU fisheries policy
- 8. Reflections on EU Agenda-Setting
- 8.1. Understanding the rise of issues on the EU agenda
- 8.2. Agenda-setting and policymaking in the EU
- 8.3. Agenda-setting and European integration
- 8.4. Bias and responsiveness in EU policy agendas
- Annex 1. List of Interviews
- Annex 2. Policy Agendas Topics Coding Scheme
- Notes
- References
- Index