Cross-national partisan effects on agenda stability

Bibliographic Data

ID6288960
AuthorsShaun Bevan (0000-0001-7717-7822, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Zachary David Greene (0000-0003-1261-749X, University of Strathclyde), Zachary Greene
Year2018
Volume25
Issue4
Pages586-605
Publication date2018-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13501763.2016.1268641
OpenAlexW2576290645
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited53

Studies of policy attention find only mixed support for a partisan impact, instead showing that policy attention reacts more to world events. Yet, a rigorous examination of the ways in which change in the partisan composition of government matters for the distribution of policies across issues has yet to be completed in a cross-national framework. Combining data on policy output from the Comparative Agendas Project, the authors present a detailed investigation of parties’ effects on agenda stability in six advanced industrial democracies over time. The authors consider parties as dynamic organizations by arguing that parties’ organizational characteristics and goals interact with their electoral context to determine their impact on policy attention. The results show that parties’ influence on the policy agenda depends on economic conditions, the type of government, the government’s seat share, and the number of parties in the governing cabinet, particularly following a major transition in government

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