Marching orders? : U.S. party platforms and legislative agenda setting 1948-2014

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dc.contributor.advisorJones, Bryan D.
dc.creatorFagan, Edward James
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-07T21:23:32Z
dc.date.available2018-08-07T21:23:32Z
dc.date.created2017-12
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.date.submittedDecember 2017
dc.date.updated2018-08-07T21:23:33Z
dc.description.abstractWhat is the relationship between the priorities expressed in party platforms before an election and the subsequent legislative agenda? The agenda setting literature often deemphasizes the role of political parties in agenda setting. However, parties will often express different issue priorities during elections, and compete based on those priorities. The paper utilizes new data from the U.S. Policy Agendas Project and Wolbrecht (2016) on policy attention in U.S. party platforms to study the relationship between U.S. parties and legislative activities in Congress. A time series cross sectional analysis finds strong evidence to support the proposition that legislative agendas are influenced by the platform of the President’s party in the short term, although the relationship differs for different types of agendas and by issue, and fades over time.
dc.description.departmentGovernment
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2736MK70
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/66002
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAgenda setting
dc.subjectParty platforms
dc.subjectCongress
dc.subjectLegislative agendas
dc.subjectLegislative activities
dc.subjectIssue priorities
dc.subjectU.S. Policy Agendas Project
dc.subjectParty platform influence
dc.titleMarching orders? : U.S. party platforms and legislative agenda setting 1948-2014
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentGovernment
thesis.degree.disciplineGovernment
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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