dc.contributor.author | MacNabb, Kathleen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-05T17:36:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-05T17:36:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-09-05T17:36:08Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/74213 | |
dc.description.abstract | Literature on social movement studies and public management both question whether non-state actors play an influential role in forming public policies. This thesis contributes to these debates by examining non-state actors’ agenda-setting capacity, which is a precursor to influencing policy decisions. This is achieved by comparing environmental non-governmental organizations’ (ENGOs) advocacy versus official policy debates concerning the Paris Agreement to assess the presence of other non-state actors. Overall, I find little evidence that ENGOs or other non-state actors play an agenda-setting role in the public climate change policy field, suggesting that public discussion of policy formation remains the exclusive purview of the state. I offer two possible explanations of ENGOs’ limited impact on public policy discussions, firstly that ENGOs frame their claims in a way that policy makers are not receptive to and that their use of institutional claims-making tactics are easily ignored by policy makers. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Paris Agreement | en_US |
dc.subject | environmental policy | en_US |
dc.subject | agenda-setting | en_US |
dc.subject | claims-making tactics | en_US |
dc.subject | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992 May 9). Protocols, etc. (2015 December 12) | |
dc.title | SETTING THE AGENDA: AN EXAMINATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS' IMPACT ON FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DISCUSSIONS | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2018-08-28 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Fiona Martin | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Lindsay DuBois | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Karen Foster | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Howard Ramos | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |