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Collective rapporteurs of public problems
Other Titles: Interest groups, issue networks, social movements
Authors: Kountouri, Fani
Reviewer: Afouxenidis, Alexandros
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Abstract:
The process of constructing public problems is inextricably linked to the actions of the involved individuals or groups and their ability to produce competing narratives and forms of mobilization. The central question of this chapter, as with Chapter 5, concerns the actors involved—their distinctive characteristics, means of action, and their capacities to intervene in shaping public problems. We formulate three questions that will guide the analysis in this chapter. These three questions constitute the main axes around which the chapter is organized. The first question pertains to the environments within which the actions and means of the involved actors develop. This issue cuts across our analysis and relates to the parameters of the political system that determine the possibilities for influence of socio-political actors. Here, we refer to models of social group representation (corporatist, pluralist) on the basis of which the dynamics of individual and collective actors are formed and the dynamics of the problems themselves are affected. The second question concerns the means of action available to the involved actors in defining public problems and influencing public policy. This issue relates to two parallel matters: the effectiveness of action based on the resources groups possess, and the gradation of power among groups according to their available resources. The more resources actors have, the more effective their actions become, thereby expanding their capacity for influence. The third question addresses the types of social actors involved. Here, we broaden the scope by exploring the range of formal and informal claim-making entities.
Linguistic Editors: Ananiadis, Dimitris
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/4433
Bibliographic Reference: Kountouri, F. (2015). Collective rapporteurs of public problems [Chapter]. In Kountouri, F. 2015. Public problems on the political agenda: theoretical and empirical approaches [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/4433
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Public problems on the political agenda: theoretical and empirical approaches
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions