Problematic Areas in Policy Formulation and Agenda Setting
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What areas are problematic in policy formulation and agenda setting?
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Generally, the policy cycle consists of:
Agenda-setting
Policy Formulation
Decision-making
Implementation
Evaluation.
Agenda-setting ("an idea whose time has come") - A government's agenda is the list of subjects or problems to which government officials are paying serious attention.
Issue Types include:
• Prominent issues: Real world conditions direct policy-makers
• Sensational issues: Media-driven issues that affect very few people, but have high media interest
• Governmental issues: Issues that arise from a government's stated goals or platform
(Stuart Soroka, Agenda-Setting Dynamics in Canada
(Vancouver: UBC Press, ...
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