Protest and Policymaking: Explaining Fluctuation in Congressional Attention to Rights Issues, 1960-1986
Protest and Policymaking: Explaining Fluctuation in Congressional Attention to Rights Issues, 1960-1986
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DOI：
10.1353/sof.2007.0101
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发表时间：
2007-09
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4.8
通讯作者：
Brayden G. King;K. Bentele;S. Soule
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作者：
Brayden G. King;K. Bentele;S. Soule
虽然过去的研究未能建立抗议和政策变化之间的联系，我们重新审视的关系，在决策的决策阶段的设置。我们断言，抗议者在议会设置阶段争夺立法者的注意力。当围绕某个问题的抗议活动的频率足够高，使该问题在竞争性问题中脱颖而出时，该问题就会得到更多的关注。我们通过分析与国会对权利相关问题的关注程度增加和波动相关的因素来研究这一过程。我们发现，抗议，问题的合法性和问题的竞争帐户的变化，在国会听证会的数量授予权利问题。
Although past research has failed to establish a link between protest and policy change, we reexamine the relationship at the agenda-setting stage of policymaking. We assert that protestors compete for attention among lawmakers at the agenda-setting stage. An issue receives more attention when the frequency of protest activity around a particular issue is sufficiently high for that issue to stand out within the field of competing issues. We examine this process by analyzing the factors associated with increasing and fluctuating attention to rights-related issues in Congress. We find that protest, issue legitimacy and issue competition account for variation in the number of congressional hearings granted to rights issues.