Why are policy agendas punctuated? Friction and cascading in parliament and mass media in Belgium

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1147-1170

  Walgrave, Stefaan ^a   Vliegenthart, Rens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Belgium; Friction; Mass media; Parliament; Punctuated equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349302287     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2010.513562     Document Type: Article

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