Environmental Policymaking in Congress: The Role of Issue Definitions in Wetlands, Great Lakes and Wildlife Policies

ISBN-13: 9780815336464 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 160 str.

Kelly Tzoumis

Opis

Utilizing current natural resource policies, this work shows how the wetlands fit a dominance model, the Great Lakes is a bounded model, and wildlife is labelled as a valence model. The book aims to break new ground in the understanding of leglisative policymaking.

Recenzje

"a useful primer for any graduate student...the book's strengths make it useful as a supplemental work in graduate research seminars." -- political science quarterly, september 22, 2002

Spis treści

1. The Issue Definition Process in Agenda Setting 2. Three Models of Issue Definition in Congress 3. Dominance Issue Model - The Case of Wetlands 4. Bounded Issue Mode - The Case of the Great Lakes 5.Valence Issue Model - The Case of Wildlife 6. Effectiveness of Using Issue Definition Models for Understanding Agenda Setting in Congress Bibliography

O autorze

Kelly Tzoumis