Studying the changing issue priorities of governments over time The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together scholars developing systematic indicators of issue attention within their nations’ political systems.
The CAP extends the Policy Agendas Project topic system, originally developed for the United States, to other nations (www.policyagendas.org). This system classifies events (e.g. bills, parliamentary questions, or media stories) for topic, making it possible to study the frequency of such events, and to enable scholars to find and investigate particular events in more detail.
The 19 major topics of the taxonomy (e.g. defense or health) and 200+ subtopics (e.g. military personnel or hospitals) are comprehensive and applied consistently across time. As a result, they can be used to reliably compare issue attention longitudinally, across decision-making venues, and between nations. The 2012 Conference will be held at Sciences PO, Reims, France, June 14-16. Details to follow. For more information, contact Dr. Emiliano Grossman. The 2011 Conference was held at the University of Catania, Sicily, June 23-25 Thanks to Marcello Carramia for his preparing a stimulating conference in a wonderful city!
The 2010 Conference was held on Bainbridge Island, Washington, June 17-19th
with financial support from the National Science Foundation and the Center for American Politics and Public Policy The 2009 Conference was held at Den Haag, June 18-19th **photos
Thanks to Arco and Gerard for an excellent conference!
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