1st Edition

Regulators as Agenda-Setters How National Agencies Shape Public Issues

By Edoardo Guaschino Copyright 2023
188 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of how, and under which conditions, regulators in the social sectors are able to influence political agendas and issue definitions. In these political processes, agencies may become the policy entrepreneurs which are able to prioritize issues, placing them in the political agenda and influencing policy formulations. These activities generate... Read more

1. Introduction

2. The Role of National (Regulatory) Agencies in Policy Making and Agenda-Setting

3. Under What Conditions Regulators are Successful in Agenda-Setting?

4. Agenda-setting in Practice: Case studies in a comparative perspective

5. Regulatory Agencies and the Construction of Public Problems

Biography

Edoardo Guaschino is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and Operational Coordinator of the "TiGRE" project.