Möck, Malte; Vogeler, Colette S.; Bandelow, Nils C.; Hornung, Johanna (2022). Relational coupling of multiple streams: The case of COVID‐19 infections in German abattoirs. Policy studies journal, 51(2), pp. 351-374. Policy Studies Organization 10.1111/psj.12459
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After a series of COVID-19 outbreaks among employees in the German meat-processing industry, the Work Safety Control Act protecting these workers made it on the government's agenda in July 2020. From a Multiple Streams perspective, local corona hotspots may be understood as policy windows for introducing respective measures. However, this alone is not sufficient to explain agenda setting. This study investigates the coupling of streams within policy windows. Introducing the notion of relational coupling to the MSF research agenda, discourse network analysis provides a new methodology to reveal entrepre-neurial activities. Studying the German mass media discourse on the issue identifies two stages: (1) An initial problem broker-age without coupling of core policies, followed by (2) a coupling across all streams based on a focusing event. We argue that relational coupling allows for an enhanced understanding of agenda setting.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
11 Centers of Competence > KPM Center for Public Management |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hornung, Johanna |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science |
ISSN: |
0190-292X |
Publisher: |
Policy Studies Organization |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Johanna Hornung |
Date Deposited: |
04 Apr 2022 15:58 |
Last Modified: |
04 Jun 2023 02:04 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1111/psj.12459 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/166874 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/166874 |
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