Using a unique dataset spanning fifty years of policy-making in Britain, this book traces how topics like the economy, international affairs, and crime have shifted in importance. It takes a new approach to agenda setting called focused adaptation, and sheds new light on key points of change in British politics, such as Thatcherism and New Labour.

Autorentext
Peter John is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University College London, UK.

Anthony Bertelli holds the C.C. Crawford Chair in Management and Performance, School of Policy, Planning and Development and the USC Gould School of Law, University of South Carolina, USA.

Will Jennings is Reader in Politics, University of Southampton.

Shaun Bevan is Research Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, Germany.

Inhalt
Preface and Acknowledgements 1. The Policy Agenda and British Politics 2. Policy-Making and British Politics 3. Measuring the Policy Agenda: Policy, Public and Media in Britain 4. Change and Stability in Executive and Legislative Agendas 5. Policy Punctuations 6. Structural Shifts in British Political Attention 7. Public Opinion and the Policy Agenda 8. The Media 9. Budgets and Policy Implementation 10. Conclusion References List of Tables and Figures