Comparative Policy Agendas Theory, Tools, Data

Frank R. Baumgartner, Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Christian Breunig, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Konstanz,Emiliano Grossman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po, Paris

Frank R. Baumgartner started the US-based Policy Agendas Project with Bryan Jones over 25 years ago, and has been involved in its comparative extensions from the beginning. His research has variously focused on public policy processes, lobbying, agenda-setting, framing, race and criminal justice, and the death penalty. He has worked over the years in both American and comparative public policy issues.

Christian Breunig is Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. He is interested in issues of representation and public policy, in particular law-making and budgetary politics, in advanced democracies. He directs the German Policy Agendas project which is part of the Comparative Agendas Project.

Emiliano Grossman isProfessor Ppolitical Science at Sciences Po. He teaches comparative politics and public policy at Sciences Po, where he is the convenor of the program in 'Politics and Public Policy'. His research concentrates on political institutions, agenda-setting processes and the role of media in politics. He is currently co-editor of the European Journal of Political Research. He has recently co-edited The Oxford Handbook of French Politics.

I. Roots, Foundations, and Evolution
1. Introduction: The Comparative Agendas Project: Intellectual Roots and Current Developments, Frank Baumgartner, Christian Breunig, Emiliano Grossman
2. 1. Gone Fishing: The Creation of the Comparative Agendas Project Master Codebook, Shaun Bevan
3. The Comparative Agendas Project: The Evolving Research Interests and Designs of the CAP Scholarly Community, Stefaan Walgrave and Amber Boydstun
II. Country Projects
4. The Australian Policy Agendas Project, Keith Dowding, Aaron Martin, and Rhonda L. Evans
5. The Belgian Agendas Project, Stefaan Walgrave, Jeroen Joly, and Julie Sevenans
6. The Canadian Agendas Project, Jean-Philippe Gauvin and Eric Montpetit
7. Croatian Political Agendas, Daniela Širinić and Dario Nikić Čakar
8. The Danish Agendas Project, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Peter B. Mortensen
9. The French Agendas Project, Emiliano Grossman
10. Political Agendas in Germany, Christian Breunig and Tinette Schnatterer
11. The Hungarian Comparative Agendas Project, Zsolt Boda and Miklos Sebők
12. The Israeli Agendas Project, Nir Kosti, Ilana Shpaizman, and David Levi-Faur
13. The Italy Agendas Project, Enrico Borghetto, Marcello Carammia, and Federico Russo
14. The Netherlands Policy Agendas Project, Arco Timmermans and Gerard Breeman
15. The New Zealand Policy Agendas Project, Rhonda L. Evans
16. The Portugal Policy Agendas Project, Ana Maria Belchior and Enrico Borghetto
17. The Switzerland Policy Agendas Project, Roy Gava, Pascal Sciarini, Anke Tresch, and Frederic Varone
18. The Turkey Policy Agendas Project, Alper Tolga Bulut and Tevfik Murat Yildirim
19. The United Kingdom Policy Agendas Project, Shaun Bevan and Will Jennings
20. The United States Policy Agendas Project, Rebecca Eissler and Bryan D. Jones
21. The European Union Policy Agendas Project, Petya Alexandrova
22. Agenda Setting in the Florida Legislature, Kevin Fahey, Patrick Merle, Teresa Cornacchione, and Carol Weissert
23. Pennsylvania Policy Database Project, Jay Jennings, Stefanie Kasparek, and Joseph McLaughlin
III. Comparative Perspectives
24. The Public Agenda: A Comparative Perspective, Shaun Bevan and Will Jennings
25. From Public to Publics: Assessing Group Variation in Issue Priorities in the U.S. and Israel, Amnon Cavari and Guy Freedman
26. Protest and Agenda-Setting, Stefaan Walgrave and Rens Vliegenthart
27. The Media Agenda, Rens Vliegenthart and Stefaan Walgrave
28. Parliamentary Questions, Enrico Borghetto and Laura Chaques-Bonafont
29. Connecting Government Announcements and Public Policy, Christian Breunig, Emiliano Grossman, and Tinette Schnatterer
30. The Europeanization of Parliamentary Attention in and out of the European Union: France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Switzerland Compared, Pascal Sciarini, Frederic Varone, Roy Gava, Sylvain Brouard, Julien Navarro, Anna M. Palau, and Rens Vliegenthart
31. Horizontal and Vertical Attention Dynamics: Environmental Problems on Executive Policy Agendas in EU Member States, Gerard Breeman and Arco Timmermans
32. Using CAP data for Qualitative Policy Research, Ilana Shpaizman
33. Issue Attention in West European Party Politics: CAP and CMP Coding Compared, Christoffer Green-Pedersen
34. Conclusion: Advancing the Study of Comparative Public Policy, Frank R. Baumgartner, Christian Breunig, and Emiliano Grossman