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Agenda-Setting
Agenda-Setting asks who sets the agenda that brings social problems into the public arena, on to the policy agenda and, finally, to a change of policy. It provides important practical and theoretical insight into the agenda-setting process.
The Politics of Agenda Setting
This title was first published in 2000. A timely look at the politics of agenda setting in relation to the car, under both the Conservative and Labour governments since the late 1980s.
Group Politics and Public Policy
Canadian politics has been fundamentally changed by the growing influence of pressure groups. Their expanded role in shaping public policy is feared by some as a threat to political parties. Others welcome pressure groups as the most effective means of communicating with political leaders and government officials. All agree, though, that with the mass media, pressure groups have opened significant issues to major public debate. Women's issues, environmental concerns, language rights,free trade, and many other topics have been widely debated as the result of the intervention of pressure groups. Since its first publication in 1986, this book has been accepted as the major study of the full ran...
Agenda Formation
"Experienced politicians and legislators have always known that by shaping the agenda they can influence decisions. In the past, experienced politicians' knowledge has been mostly anecdotal. The development of social choice theory provides a basis for a fuller and more systematic understanding of the effects of agendas on outcomes. In this book, the appreciation of the role and workings of agendas that has been developed using social choice theory is presented in a nontechnical way." "This collection of essays explores several features of agenda formation by developing ideas such as that most issues are one-dimensional, agenda items and issues are certain to change because losers have an interest in changing them, domestic concerns at least partially determine agendas and issues in international politics, and new issues and arguments can abruptly change the expectations about winning. The distinguished contributors argue that the knowledge needed to compete includes knowing what the possible agenda items or issues are, where they come from, and how to manipulate them advantageously."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Migration und Engagement
Anne-Katrin Schührer beschäftigt sich in diesem Buch mit der Motivation bürgerschaftlichen Engagements im Kontext von Migration und sozialer Ungleichheit. Empirische Grundlage sind 28 Interviews mit Frauen mit Zuwanderungsgeschichte, die sich in Mütter- und Familienzentren und Mehrgenerationenhäusern in Baden-Württemberg engagieren. Dabei soll insbesondere thematisiert werden, inwiefern bürgerschaftliches Engagement als Suche nach Anerkennung, Lebensbewältigung und sozialer Inklusion verstanden werden kann und welchen Beitrag Einrichtungen und Vereine leisten können, um zu anerkennungssensiblen Orten zu werden.
