TY  - BOOK
AU  - Montpetit,Éric
TI  - In defense of pluralism: policy disagreement and its media coverage 
T2  - Cambridge studies in comparative public policy
SN  - 9781316544389
AV  - JF1525.P6 M76 2016eb
U1  - 320.6 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Political planning
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Press and politics
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Europe
KW  - North America
KW  - Pluralism
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Politique publique
KW  - Prise de décision
KW  - Biotechnologie
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Amérique du Nord
KW  - Pluralisme (Philosophie)
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - decision making
KW  - aat
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Essays
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Government
KW  - General
KW  - National
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
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