Comparative Agendas

Research

State of the Union 2023

Using the Policy Agendas Project codebook, we can see how different presidents' State of the Union addresses differ in policy content. This year, we looked at both President Biden's 2023 State of the Union policy topics, and the average across all his State of the Union... Read more

The Importance of Attention Diversity and How to Measure It

Studies of political attention often focus on attention to a single issue, such as front-page coverage of the economy. However, examining attention to a single issue without accounting for the agenda as a whole can lead to faulty assumptions. One solution is to consider the... Read more

Bryan Jones Responds to CAP Criticisms in Journal of Public Policy

In the March 2016 issue of the Journal of Public Policy, Dowding, Hindmoor, and Martin offered a critique of "Comparative Policy Agendas Projects as measurement systems." In this piece, entitled "The Comparative Policy Agendas Projects as measurement systems: response... Read more

Baumgartner and Jones' newest book: The Politics of Information

How does the government decide what’s a problem and what isn’t? And what are the consequences of that process? Like individuals, Congress is subject to the “paradox of search.” If policy makers don’t look for problems, they won’t find those... Read more

United States

Research

State of the Union 2023

The Importance of Attention Diversity and How to Measure It

Bryan Jones Responds to CAP Criticisms in Journal of Public Policy

Baumgartner and Jones' newest book: The Politics of Information