Title: Environmental policymaking in Congress : the role of issue definitions in wetlands, Great Lakes, and wildlife policies /
Authors: Tzoumis, Kelly
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Environmental policy United States; Legislative hearings United States.
Contents: Foreword / Paul Simon -- Series Editor Preface / Steven A. Shull -- Ch. 1. The Issue Definition Process in Agenda Setting -- Issue Definition in Agenda Setting -- Three Models of Issue Definition: Dominance, Bounded, and Valence Issues -- Linking Congressional Issue Definition with Environmental Policymaking -- Ch. 2. Three Models of Issue Definition in Congress -- Linking Symbols and Rhetoric, Redefinition of Issues and Policy Implementation with Issue Definition Models -- Dominance Issue Model -- Bounded Issue Model -- Valence Issue Model -- Testing the Policy Models of Issue Definition -- Coding Tone of Hearings, Committees, and Participants Who Testify -- Tracking Who Participates in Congress -- Testing the Relationships within Issue Definition Models -- Ch. 3. Dominance Issue Model -- The Case of Wetlands -- Relationship in Wetlands Policymaking of Congressional Hearings and Committee Dominance -- Results: Three Eras of Congressional Policymaking on Wetlands -- Era I --^