The Comparative Policy Agendas Project: theory, measurement and findings*. (29th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dowding, Keith; Hindmoor, Andrew; Martin, Aaron
• Is Part Of: Journal of public policy. Volume 36:Number 1(2016:Apr.)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 25
• Publication Date: 2015-05-29
• Subjects: agenda setting, -- policy, -- Policy Agendas Project, -- punctuated equilibrium; Policy sciences -- Periodicals; 351.007205
• DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X15000124
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0143-814X

Abstract

Abstract: The Policy Agendas Project (PAP) was developed in the United States in the early 1990s as a means of collecting data on the contents of the policy agenda. The PAP coding method has subsequently been employed in the United Kingdom, a number of European countries, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, as well as the state of Pennsylvania (http://www.comparativeagendas.org/ ). What does PAP measure? How does it measure it? What does it find? How does it explain what it finds? We use these questions to structure our review.