Student Lori Young Contributes Chapter to Book on Public Policy

Doctoral student Lori Young is a co-author of a chapter, "Mass media and policy-making," to the book Routledge Handbook of Public Policy (with Stuart Soroka, Stephen Farnsworth, and Andrea Lawlor).   About the book:   This Handbook provides a comprehensive global survey of the policy process. Written by an outstanding line up of distinguished scholars and practitioners, the Handbook covers all aspects of the policy process including:

• Theory – from rational choice to the new institutionalism
• Frameworks – network theory, advocacy coalition and development models
• Key stages in the process – Formulation, implementation and evaluation
• Agenda setting and decision making
• The roles of key actors and institutions