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The Comparative Policy Agendas Project: theory, measurement and findings*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2015

Keith Dowding ,
Andrew Hindmoor  and
Aaron Martin
Keith Dowding
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Australian National University, Australia E-mail: keith.dowding@anu.edu.au
Andrew Hindmoor
Affiliation:
Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK E-mail: a.hindmoor@sheffield.ac.uk
Aaron Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne, Australia E-mail: aaron.martin@unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

The Policy Agendas Project (PAP) was developed in the United States in the early 1990s as a means of collecting data on the contents of the policy agenda. The PAP coding method has subsequently been employed in the United Kingdom, a number of European countries, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, as well as the state of Pennsylvania (http://www.comparativeagendas.org/). What does PAP measure? How does it measure it? What does it find? How does it explain what it finds? We use these questions to structure our review.

Keywords

agenda settingpolicyPolicy Agendas Projectpunctuated equilibrium
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Discussion
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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 3 - 25
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© Cambridge University Press, 2015 

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Earlier versions of this article were presented at meetings of the Australian Political Studies Association and the UK Political Studies Association.

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