Agenda-setting: Policy Advocacy as Teaching Method of Public Policy

The objective of this paper is to present the Agenda-Setting Project as a teaching method for public policy in undergraduate courses. It consists in involving undergraduate students in policy advocacy activities, challenging them to influence the public opinion and the media, political and instituti...

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Autor: Secchi, Leonardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
Repositorio:Administração Pública e Gestão Social
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufv.br:article/4046
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufv.br/apgs/article/view/4046
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Policy advocacy
Políticas Públicas
Formação da Agenda
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Sumario:The objective of this paper is to present the Agenda-Setting Project as a teaching method for public policy in undergraduate courses. It consists in involving undergraduate students in policy advocacy activities, challenging them to influence the public opinion and the media, political and institutional agendas on the relevance of a public problem or public policy. The article presents the fundamental concepts of agenda-setting and policy advocacy, and the steps of the methodology: planning, orientation of the field work, and the evaluation method. The results are encouraging in terms of effectiveness in fixing basic public policy concepts and in terms of political engagement of students.Key-Words: Policy advocacy, public policy, agenda-setting.