Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 179 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0791460533
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0791460541
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9780791485255
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9780791460535
Series Statement:
SUNY series in public policy
Content:
Intro -- The Mediating Effect of Public Opinion on Public Policy -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Health Policy Change -- WHY HAS HEALTH CARE DOMINATED THE POLICY AGENDA? -- EXPLANATIONS FROM SOCIAL SCIENCE -- OVERVIEW -- 2. Exploring the Foundations of Dynamic Policy Change -- PATH DEPENDENCE -- THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN SHAPING HEALTH CARE POLICY -- AMERICAN HEALTH CARE POLICY -- THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF HEALTH CARE REFORM? -- INCREMENTALISM VERSUS DYNAMISM IN HEALTH CARE -- 3. Path Dependence and Policy Change -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND MEDICARE -- HOW THE ELDERLY LOST AND REGAINED THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE -- ANALYZING CHANGE -- DOES THE MOOD REALLY MATTER? -- CONCLUSION -- 4. Presidents as Advocates, Entrepreneurs, and Agenda Setters -- INTRODUCTION -- PRESIDENTS AS ADVOCATES AND ENTREPRENEURS -- POLICY CHANGE RESEARCH -- THE PRESIDENTS AND THEIR POLICIES -- DATA AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Healthy,Wealthy, and Wise? -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORIES OF INFORMATION -- THE FAILURE OF THE HEALTH SECURITY ACT -- INFORMATION AND POLICY SUPPORT -- MEASURING AND TESTING KNOWLEDGE -- A MODEL OF RECIPROCAL CAUSATION -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Examining the Impact of Countervalent Messages on Policy Support -- INTRODUCTION -- MEDIA EFFECTS: NEGATIVE ADVERTISING AND "HARRY AND LOUISE" -- THE MEDIA AND THE HEALTH SECURITY ACT -- STUDY ONE: TESTING THE STRENGTH OF THE COUNTERVALENT INFORMATION MESSAGE -- STUDY TWO: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL SOPHISTICATION -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- 7. Media Effects and Policy Opinions -- INTRODUCTION -- MEDIA PRIMING -- MEDIA COVERAGE AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE HEALTH SECURITY ACT -- STUDY ONE: DATA AND METHODS -- STUDY ONE: A MODEL OF PRIMING EFFECTS ON 1996 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE INTENTIONS -- STUDY ONE: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-174) and index
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""The Mediating Effect of Public Opinion on Public Policy""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Health Policy Change""; ""WHY HAS HEALTH CARE DOMINATED THE POLICY AGENDA?""; ""EXPLANATIONS FROM SOCIAL SCIENCE""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""2. Exploring the Foundations of Dynamic Policy Change""; ""PATH DEPENDENCE""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN SHAPING HEALTH CARE POLICY""; ""AMERICAN HEALTH CARE POLICY""; ""THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF HEALTH CARE REFORM?""; ""INCREMENTALISM VERSUS DYNAMISM IN HEALTH CARE""; ""3. Path Dependence and Policy Change""; ""INTRODUCTION""
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""SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND MEDICARE""""HOW THE ELDERLY LOST AND REGAINED THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE""; ""ANALYZING CHANGE""; ""DOES THE MOOD REALLY MATTER?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""4. Presidents as Advocates, Entrepreneurs, and Agenda Setters""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PRESIDENTS AS ADVOCATES AND ENTREPRENEURS""; ""POLICY CHANGE RESEARCH""; ""THE PRESIDENTS AND THEIR POLICIES""; ""DATA AND METHODS""; ""RESULTS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""5. Healthy,Wealthy, and Wise?""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THEORIES OF INFORMATION""; ""THE FAILURE OF THE HEALTH SECURITY ACT""; ""INFORMATION AND POLICY SUPPORT""
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""MEASURING AND TESTING KNOWLEDGE""""A MODEL OF RECIPROCAL CAUSATION""; ""RESULTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""6. Examining the Impact of Countervalent Messages on Policy Support""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MEDIA EFFECTS: NEGATIVE ADVERTISING AND “HARRY AND LOUISE�""; ""THE MEDIA AND THE HEALTH SECURITY ACT""; ""STUDY ONE: TESTING THE STRENGTH OF THE COUNTERVALENT INFORMATION MESSAGE""; ""STUDY TWO: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL SOPHISTICATION""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""7. Media Effects and Policy Opinions""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MEDIA PRIMING""
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""MEDIA COVERAGE AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE HEALTH SECURITY ACT""""STUDY ONE: DATA AND METHODS""; ""STUDY ONE: A MODEL OF PRIMING EFFECTS ON 1996 PRESIDENTIAL VOTE INTENTIONS""; ""STUDY ONE: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""STUDY TWO: AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF MEDIA PRIMING OF HEALTH CARE IN THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL RACE""; ""STUDY TWO: DATA AND METHODS""; ""A MODEL OF PRIMING EFFECTS ON CANDIDATE EVALUATIONS""; ""STUDY TWO: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""8. Dynamic Health Policy Change""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE PUBLIC MOOD AND NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SPENDING""
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""HEALTH POLICY HISTORY AND PRESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY""""THE RISE AND THE DEMISE OF THE HEALTH SECURITY ACT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Methodological Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""CHAPTER 1""; ""CHAPTER 3""; ""CHAPTER 4""; ""CHAPTER 5""; ""CHAPTER 6""; ""CHAPTER 7""; ""METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780791460535
Additional Edition:
Print version Mediating Effect of Public Opinion on Public Policy : Exploring the Realm of Health Care
Language:
English
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