Understanding local policymaking: Policy elites' perceptions of local agenda setting and alternative policy selection

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-91

  Liu, Xinsheng ^a,b   Lindquist, Eric ^a,b   Vedlitz, Arnold ^a,b   Vincent, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Alternative selection; Local policy process; Multiple streams theory

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950673352     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2009.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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