The Politics of Indicators: How Real-World Problems Affect the Political Agenda

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Brief Overview

This article investigates whether politicians attend to societal problems by putting them on the political agenda. Across 7 countries and 18 problems since 1960, it shows that only changes in problems affect the political agenda.

Author

• Thomas Artmann Kristensen, Aarhus University