Title In defense of pluralism : policy disagreement and its media coverage / Éric Montpetit, Universiteb de Montréal

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge studies in comparative public policy Cambridge studies in comparative public policy. Contents 1. Introduction: shouts, shoes, and insults -- 2. Disagreement and tone in the media -- 3. Frames, metaphors and disagreement in the media -- 4. Measuring disagreement among policy actors -- 5. Do contentious actors stall policy? -- 6. Who disagrees with whom and why? -- 7. Appreciating the pluralist politics of policy-making Summary "The work of early pluralist thinkers, from Arthur Bentley to Robert Dahl, inspired much optimism about democracy. They argued that democracy was functioning well, despite disagreements arising among the diversity of interests represented in policy-making processes. Yet it is unlikely that anyone paying attention to news coverage today would share such optimism. The media portray current policy-making processes as intractably polarized, devoid of any opportunity to move forward and adopt essential policy changes. This book aims to revive our long-lost sense of optimism about policy-making and democracy. Through original research into biotechnology policy-making in North America and Europe, Éric Montpetit shows that the depiction of policy-making offered by early pluralist thinkers is not so far off the present reality. Today's policy decision-making process - complete with disagreement among the participants - is consistent with what might be expected in a pluralist society, in sharp contrast with the negative image projected by the media"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Political planning. Decision making. Press and politics. Mass media -- Political aspects. Biotechnology -- Government policy -- Europe Biotechnology -- Government policy -- North America Pluralism -- Political aspects Decision Making decision making. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. Biotechnology -- Government policy Decision making Mass media -- Political aspects Political planning Press and politics Europe North America Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316544389 1316544389 9781316568798 1316568792 9781316567432 1316567435

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