Agenda Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7635308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Carpenter (0000-0002-5694-3927, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 193-212 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev-polisci-051921-102533 |
| OpenAlex | W4311691025 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 90 |
The study of agenda setting has become curiously disconnected from democratic theory and democratization. Following Schattschneider, Dahl, and recent developments in political theory, I call for its reintegration in theoretical and empirical realms. The concept of agenda democracy allows for better understanding of contests over institutions, significant historical-institutional transformations, the study of inequality and its mechanisms of generation and maintenance, and the building and undermining of democracy. Agenda democracy requires a broad understanding of agendas (beyond a mere menu of final policy choices), recognizes that many democratic regimes have institutions that systematically render agendas nondemocratic, and compels us to look at the interstices of institutions and society (party transformation, petition and grievance mechanisms, advocacy campaigns, initiatives to expand what I call the shortlist of the possible) for moments of significant change. Agenda democracy compels the examination of democratizing agenda restrictions, the study of conservative organizations in politics, and the consideration of decomposing the term “movement
Democracy · Democratization · Grievance · Inequality · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Consultative Democracy and the Democratization of Agenda-Setting in China
The Relationship Between Government Response Speed and Sentiments of Public Complaints
How Do Crises Impact Policy Debates? The shifting national landscape of discourse on rental housing in the USA
Using e-petition data to quantify public concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic
The end of the “tax taboo”? Left-wing parties and the politics of taxing the rich in Germany and the UK
The Political Economy of Racial Capitalism in the United States
The Limits of Interest
Lawyers as Lobbyists
Salient Indigenous Acts of Resistance in Canada, 2010–2020
Empirical linkages between democracy and economic growth
Roots of reform
Gaining access
Toward a feminist theory of the state
The rise of American democracy
Mobilizing public opinion
Labor in American politics.
The Woman Suffrage Movement in America
Issue Politics in Congress
Why Deliberative Democracy?
Representative Democracy
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism
Setting the Agenda
The Submerged State
Power
At the Boundaries of Homeownership
Moral Capital
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
Shifting the Color Line
Dynamics of Contention
Schism and Solidarity in Social Movements
On the People's Terms
Pivotal Politics
Participation and Democratic Theory
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Modern Democracy in Europe
How Institutions Evolve
Origins of Democratic Culture
The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right
Diversity and Distrust
Why Movements Succeed or Fail
Paths Out of Dixie
Degenerations of Democracy
Power in Movement
Strong Democracy
Racial Realignment
The Loud Minority
On Democracy
Talking to Strangers
The State of Democratic Theory
Probabilistic opinion pooling generalized. Part one
Affluence and Influence
Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Policy Punctuations
L’éruption patriote
Political resource allocation, controlled agendas, and the status quo
The Unsolid South
Southern Nation
Hijacking the Agenda
Social Movements, Political Parties, and Democratic Theory
American Capitalism
Atlantic Crossings
Claiming the State
The Pursuit of Social Welfare
The Popular Origins of Legislative Jurisdictions
The Politics of Agenda-Building
Representation and American Governing Institutions
The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media
Punctuated Equilibrium and the Information Disadvantage of Authoritarianism
Recruitment by Petition
The Politics of Attention
Organizing Power
Congressional Representation by Petition
Venue Shopping, Political Strategy, and Policy Change
Great Expectations, Great Grievances
Hiding in Plain Sight
Bounded Rationality
Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State
The Price of Civil Rights
Two Faces of Power
Popular Influence upon Public Policy
Lobbying as Legislative Subsidy
Feminist Demands and the Problem of Housework
Buying Time
The Civic Origins of Progressive Policy Change
Busy Voters, Agenda Control, and the Power of Information
Rousseau on the People as Legislative Gatekeepers, Not Framers
Toward a Mobilization Conception of Democratic Representation
Undoing the Demos
"Institutional Constraints on Social Movement "Frame Extension
The Political Consequences of Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |