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Policy agendas in Australia /

This book contributes to and expands on the major international Comparative Policy Agendas Project. It sets the project in context, and provides a comprehensive assessment of the changing policy agenda in Australia over a forty-year period, using a unique systematic dataset of governor-general speec...

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Main Authors: Dowding, Keith
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Martin, Aaron
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Political science
Political theory
Political communication
Public Policy
Elections
Political Science and International Relations
Electoral Politics
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40805-7
Summary: This book contributes to and expands on the major international Comparative Policy Agendas Project. It sets the project in context, and provides a comprehensive assessment of the changing policy agenda in Australia over a forty-year period, using a unique systematic dataset of governor-general speeches, legislation and parliamentary questions, and then mapping these on to media coverage and what the public believes (according to poll evidence) government should be concentrating upon. The book answers some important questions in political science: what are the most important legislative prior
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(xv,263pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319408057
Index Number: JF1525
CLC: D761.12
Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Theory and Measurement of the Policy Agendas Project -- 1. The Policy Agenda: Attention, Content and Style -- 2. Theories and Concepts -- Part II. Australian Politics -- 3. Political Institutions and Policy in Australia -- Part III. Agendas within Formal Institutions -- 4. Executive and Legislative Agendas -- 5. Describing Legislative Patterns -- 6. Opposition Agendas -- Part IV. Outside Influence: Media and Public Agendas -- 7. The Media Agenda -- 8. The Public Agenda -- Part V. Conclusion and International Comparisons -- 9. Conclusion and Comparative Lessons.

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