The President as Agenda Setter‐in‐Chief
The Dynamics of Congressional and Presidential Agenda Setting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6328797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul E Rutledge (0000-0003-3380-1210), Heather A Larsen Price |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 443-464 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/psj.12068 |
| OpenAlex | W2166625309 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 30 |
In this paper, we investigate the agenda leadership capability of twoAmerican political institutions, Congress and the presidency, in an array of issue areas that include both domestic and foreign policy. The president has long been considered to have the most significant role in setting the policymaking agenda, but there is limited empirical research to support that claim. Examining the issue areas of defense, environment, health care, international affairs, law and crime, and macroeconomics from 1956 to 2005, we find statistically significant positive influence by the president on the congressional agenda in all six of the policy areas under examination, providing compelling evidence of presidential agenda leadership and a reactive Congress. Additionally, we find that the agenda relationship between the president and Congress is issue dependent, in that presidential attention has the largest substantive effect on the congressional agenda in the area of international affairs
Foreign policy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Presidential system · Setter · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |