I Wouldn’t Call What Happened Here a Crisis: A Test of the Focusing Events Concept in Drinking Water Crises

• In Event: Impacts of Major Events on Policy

Brief Overview

This study applies focusing events to three cases of subnational policymaking in context of drinking water and public health crises. It assesses the explanatory power of Birkland’s definition of focusing events in the context of slow onset crises.

Authors

• Kristin Taylor, Wayne State University

• Rob A. DeLeo, Bentley University

• Stephanie Zarb, Wayne State University

• Nathan Jeschke, University of Colorado Denver