TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring the European Council agenda
T2 - Introducing a new approach and dataset
AU - Alexandrova, Petya
AU - Carammia, Marcello
AU - Timmermans, Arco
AU - Princen, Sebastiaan
PY - 2014/3/1
Y1 - 2014/3/1
N2 - This article introduces a novel dataset on the agenda of the European Council, the most powerful political body and core informal agenda setter of the EU. Using the approach taken by the Comparative Agendas Project, we trace political issue attention over a 38-year period (1975-2012). The insights in the agenda-setting processes within the European Council shed more light on the overall agenda of the EU and its temporal dynamics. This article explains the construction of the dataset, describes its features, and gives some examples of possible applications.
AB - This article introduces a novel dataset on the agenda of the European Council, the most powerful political body and core informal agenda setter of the EU. Using the approach taken by the Comparative Agendas Project, we trace political issue attention over a 38-year period (1975-2012). The insights in the agenda-setting processes within the European Council shed more light on the overall agenda of the EU and its temporal dynamics. This article explains the construction of the dataset, describes its features, and gives some examples of possible applications.
KW - Agenda setting
KW - European Council
KW - policy agenda
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84893836978
U2 - 10.1177/1465116513509124
DO - 10.1177/1465116513509124
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893836978
SN - 1465-1165
VL - 15
SP - 152
EP - 167
JO - European Union Politics
JF - European Union Politics
IS - 1
ER -