Do media influence policy making? To what extent can governments or other actors
manipulate this influence? Our understanding of the relationship between media and policy …

This chapter reviews Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET), and discusses new empirical
studies in the United States and elsewhere. It deals with an assessment of the strengths and …

What is the role of social media in political agenda setting? Digital platforms have reduced
the gatekeeping power of traditional media and, potentially, they have increased the …

The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together data on government activities in
over twenty countries, and provides a consistent categorizing system to understand when a …

" This book is the final product of a five-year project funded by the European Research
Council (ERC) entitled" Investing in Education in Europe: Attitudes, Politics and …

It has been assumed that populism has become mainstream in the Western world, and that
the media have substantially contributed to populism's success and omnipresence in politics …

Topics and frames are at the heart of various theories in communication science and other
social sciences, making their measurement of key interest to many scholars. The current …

Since 2010 the UK has enacted radical welfare reforms that have led to greater poverty,
homelessness, indebtedness, and foodbank use. It has diverged from other European …

This study applies a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) design to examine how
configurations of quantitative and qualitative aspects of media coverage associate with …

This chapter offers an entrée to and reflection on the comparative policy process research.
We cover the fundamental challenges of theoretical and empirical extensions of policy …