Doctoral Dissertation Research: Processing Health Policy Agendas in Congessional Committees

9320917 Jones这项博士论文研究支持资助调查了国会委员会和小组委员会如何影响1945-1992年卫生政策问题的政策过程。本研究将议程设定文献中的方法与理论应用于研究委员会行为，为国会政策制定提供了一种新的途径。本研究主要包括两个部分。首先，使用议题议程驱动的方法开发了一种理论方法来检查委员会系统。第二，项目的经验阶段涉及建立一个数据库，通过三个阶段追踪政策发展：委员会和小组委员会听证会；委员会加价会议；最后，成文法成为法律。通过将新的理论视角与这个强大的数据库相匹配，这项研究允许对国会学者长期忽视和最不了解的委员会行为的细节进行检查。＊＊＊

9320917 Jones This Doctoral Dissertation Research Support grant investigates how Congressional committees and subcommittees influence the policy process for the issue of health policy from 1945-1992. By applying methods and theory from the agenda setting literature to study committee behavior, the research develops a new approach to policy making in Congress. The research consists of two main sections. First, a theoretical approach to examine the committee system is developed using an issue agenda driven methodology. Second, the empirical phase of the project involves the creation of a database that traces policy development through three phases: committee and subcommittee hearings; committee markup meetings; and, final passage of statutes into law. By matching a new theoretical perspective with this powerful database, this research allows for the examination of the finer details of committee behavior long ignored and least understood to scholars of Congress. ***