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A Discussion of Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones' The Politics of Information: Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America

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The Politics of Information: Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America. By Baumgartner Frank R. and Jones Bryan D.. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2015. 264p. $85.00 cloth, $27.50 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2016

Abstract

In a number of important articles and books—most notably Agendas and Instability in American Politics (1993), The Politics of Attention: How Government Prioritizes Problems (2005)—Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones have pioneered a distinctive approach to the study of agenda setting that has shaped research in both the U.S. politics and comparative politics subfields. The Politics of Information: Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America further expands on the theme of the political determinants, and implications, of “the organization and prioritization of information.” And so we have invited a number of political scientists from a range of subfields to comment on the book and on the research agenda more generally.

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Review Symposium: Agenda Setting and the Politics of Information
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2016 

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Baumgartner, Frank R. and Jones, Bryan D.. 1993. Agendas and Instability in American Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Google Scholar