Search for essays about: "agenda-setting theory"

Found 4 essays containing the words agenda-setting theory.

2. 1. Agenda Setting in the OECD - NGOs influence on OECD's Development Agenda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science (Two Years) in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ashkan Panahirad; [2010]
   Keywords : Political opportunity; OECD; Paris declaration; Framing process; Influence; Agenda-Setting; NGO; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The proliferation of NGOs with an international agenda has been one of the most profound trends in international relations during the past years. Their role in the outcome of international politics has however been insufficiently theorized. READ MORE

4. 2. The Emperor's New Clothes- A Study of the Leadership of the European Union

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Erik Brunsson; [2009]
   Keywords : leadership; entrepreneurship; Commission; agenda-setting; Council; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the leadership of the European Union has developed over the years and what has caused these changes. The Commission and the Council will be the compared objects for this analysis. READ MORE

5. 3. Framing Nicaragua 1979-1990 - A case study of the ability of media mass-communication to psychologically categorize and organize the world for its audience

   University essay from Malmö högskola/IMER

   Author : Jessica Christoffersen Yousefi; [2007]
   Keywords : agenda-setting theory; framing; the New York Times; Nicaragua; CIA;

   Abstract : The 1980’s were troublesome years for the Nicaraguan Sandinist government and its citizens. After accomplishing the task of overthrowing the 43 years of Somoza rule in Nicaragua, a new challenge was waiting in the shape of the American war against communism. READ MORE

6. 4. Europe's North - The Dimensions of the Northern Dimension

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Are Straume; [2006]
   Keywords : agenda-setting theory; International regime theory; the Northern Dimension initiative; Baltic Sea region; EU-Russia relations; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The objectives of this thesis are, by using an abductive methodology and from international regime and agenda-setting theoretical perspectives, to first define the European Union's Northern Dimension (ND) initiative as an international regime, secondly, to categorize the various formation stages of the policy regime and to identify future challenges. The thesis concludes with the following policy implications for the formulation of the future ND policy: 1) All nation states covered by the ND policy should be included as equal parties in formulating and implementing the policy; 2) the organizational structure of the initiative, hereunder the linkages between institutional levels has to be made clearer; 3) some of the positive experiences from the organizational structure of the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership and the Northern Dimension Partnership for Health and Social well-being could be utilized. READ MORE