Environmental Policymaking in Congress - Issue Definitions in Wetlands, Great Lakes and Wildlife Policies

Utilizing current natural resource policies, this work effectively shows how the wetlands fit a dominance model, the Great Lakes is a bounded model, and wildlife is labeled as a valence model. A must read for all interested in congressional policymaking, this book breaks new ground in our understanding of legislative policymaking.

List of contents

1. The Issue Definition Process in Agenda Setting 2. Three Models of Issue Definition in Congress 3. Dominance Issue Model - The Case of Wetlands 4. Bounded Issue Mode - The Case of the Great Lakes 5.Valence Issue Model - The Case of Wildlife 6. Effectiveness of Using Issue Definition Models for Understanding Agenda Setting in Congress Bibliography

About the author

Kelly Tzoumis

Summary

A must read for all those interested in congressional policymaking, this book breaks new ground in our understanding of legislative policymaking.

Product details

• Authors: Seetahal Dana, Kelly Tzoumis
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2001
• EAN: 9780815336464
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3646-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Politics and Policy in American Institutions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / General, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues