Effects of the core functions of government on the diversity of executive agendas

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1001-1030

  Jennings, Will ^a   Bevan, Shaun ^a   Timmermans, Arco ^b   Breeman, Gerard ^c   Brouard, Sylvain ^d   Chaqués Bonafont, Laura ^e   Green Pedersen, Christoffer ^f   John, Peter ^a   Mortensen, Peter B ^f   Palau, Anna M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

agenda setting; comparative public policy; executive speeches; policy dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960573174     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011405165     Document Type: Article

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