Scything the grass: Agenda-setting consequences of appointing public inquiries in the UK. A longitudinal analysis

Policy and Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 629-650

  Sulitzeanu Kenan, Raanan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Longitudinal analysis; Media salience

Indexed keywords

LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51249156647     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557307782452985     Document Type: Article

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