Moral Panics and Punctuated Equilibrium in Public Policy: An Analysis of the Criminal Justice Policy Agenda in Britain.

How and when issues are elevated onto the political agenda is a perennial question in the study of public policy. This article considers how moral panics contribute to punctuated equilibrium in public policy by drawing together broader societal anxieties or fears and thereby precipitating or acceler...

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Publicado en:	Policy Studies Journal Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 207 - 235
Autores principales:	Jennings, Will, Farrall, Stephen, Gray, Emily, Hay, Colin
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Feb2020
Materias:	United Kingdom Moral panics Agenda setting theory (Communication) Punctuated equilibrium (Social science) Government policy Child murder
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