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The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems

The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems Acta Politica, 2008, 43, (504–507) r 2008 Palgrave Macmillan 0001-6810/08 www.palgrave-journals.com/ap/ Book Review Bryan D. Jones and Frank R. Baumgartner University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005, xiiþ 316pp. Price: $70, $25, ISBN: 0-226-40652-0 (Hardback)/0-226-406523-9 (Paperback). Acta Politica (2008) 43, 504–507. doi:10.1057/ap.2008.26 This book is a major contribution to the field of political science. It will make the language of our field change: from now on we will evaluate institutions in terms of friction and feedback mechanisms, agendas in terms of relative carrying capacities and policy change in terms of weak shoulders and fat tails. With The Politics of Attention Bryan Jones and Frank Baumgartner continue the standard setting work they initiated in Agendas and Instability in American Politics (1993). Their innovative approach takes information processing as its core concept and presents analyses based on an impressive dataset of post-1945 US policy indicators. The book addresses the following research question: Why do we observe long periods of stability and irregular strong shifts in policies? Under the assumption that the main function of a political system is to detect problems, prioritize them and develop policies to address them, we would expect political institutions to respond proportionally to social signals and adapt http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Politica Springer Journals

The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems

Berkhout, Joost
Acta Politica , Volume 43 (4) – Dec 3, 2008
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2008 by Palgrave Macmillan
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Political Science and International Relations; Political Science and International Relations, general; Political Science; European Politics; Comparative Politics
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0001-6810
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1741-1416
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10.1057/ap.2008.26
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Acta Politica, 2008, 43, (504–507) r 2008 Palgrave Macmillan 0001-6810/08 www.palgrave-journals.com/ap/ Book Review Bryan D. Jones and Frank R. Baumgartner University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005, xiiþ 316pp. Price: $70, $25, ISBN: 0-226-40652-0 (Hardback)/0-226-406523-9 (Paperback). Acta Politica (2008) 43, 504–507. doi:10.1057/ap.2008.26 This book is a major contribution to the field of political science. It will make the language of our field change: from now on we will evaluate institutions in terms of friction and feedback mechanisms, agendas in terms of relative carrying capacities and policy change in terms of weak shoulders and fat tails. With The Politics of Attention Bryan Jones and Frank Baumgartner continue the standard setting work they initiated in Agendas and Instability in American Politics (1993). Their innovative approach takes information processing as its core concept and presents analyses based on an impressive dataset of post-1945 US policy indicators. The book addresses the following research question: Why do we observe long periods of stability and irregular strong shifts in policies? Under the assumption that the main function of a political system is to detect problems, prioritize them and develop policies to address them, we would expect political institutions to respond proportionally to social signals and adapt

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