Utilizing current natural resource policies, this work effectively shows how the wetlands fit a dominance model, the Great Lakes is a bounded model, and wildlife is labeled as a valence model. A must read for all interested in congressional policymaking, this book breaks new ground in our understanding of legislative policymaking.
1. The Issue Definition Process in Agenda Setting 2. Three Models of Issue Definition in Congress 3. Dominance Issue Model - The Case of Wetlands 4. Bounded Issue Mode - The Case of the Great Lakes 5.Valence Issue Model - The Case of Wildlife 6. Effectiveness of Using Issue Definition Models for Understanding Agenda Setting in Congress Bibliography
"a useful primer for any graduate student...the book's strengths make it useful as a supplemental work in graduate research seminars." -- political science quarterly, september 22, 2002
