Abstract:

"Building on hundreds of thousands of systematically collected and content-coded local policy agenda observations, this book examines – theoretically and empirically – the policy agenda effects of four central aspects of any political system: the institutions that structure politics; the problems confronting the political system; the occurrence of regular elections; and the actors navigating the political system."

The publisher writes:

• "Advances our explanatory models of policy agendas by studying them at the local level of politics
• Provides new, important insights about the functioning of local politics that is gained by studying local policy agendas
• Presents the first large-N study of how key actors in government influence local policy agendas"

Find out more on the publisher's website: Palgrave MacMillan

Authors:

Peter B. Mortensen

Matt W. Loftis

Henrik B. Seeberg