PRINCEN, Sebastiaan
Crashing and creeping : agenda-setting dynamics in the European Union - New York, NY : Routledge, September 2006
Agenda-setting in the EU takes place in two ways: from above through high-level political institutions urging EU action, and from below through policy experts formulating specific proposals in low-level groups and working parties. This article formulates a theoretical framework for understanding the differences between these two processes. Moreover, it shows how they may interact and become intertwined in the course of actual agenda-setting processes. The utility of the approach is demonstrated in two contrasting case studies: one of EU anti-smoking policy and one of EU anti-bioterrorism policy.
Crashing and creeping : agenda-setting dynamics in the European Union - New York, NY : Routledge, September 2006
Agenda-setting in the EU takes place in two ways: from above through high-level political institutions urging EU action, and from below through policy experts formulating specific proposals in low-level groups and working parties. This article formulates a theoretical framework for understanding the differences between these two processes. Moreover, it shows how they may interact and become intertwined in the course of actual agenda-setting processes. The utility of the approach is demonstrated in two contrasting case studies: one of EU anti-smoking policy and one of EU anti-bioterrorism policy.
