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WEEK 2: POLITICAL DISCOURSE, AGENDA SETTING IN PUBLIC POLICY AND…
WEEK 2: POLITICAL DISCOURSE, AGENDA SETTING IN PUBLIC POLICY AND REGULATORY CAPTURE
LUKE on power
One dimensional view - pluralism
Decision making power
Observable conflicts
orginate in behaviorism
Two dimensional view - agenda setting
Focus on non decision making
mobilization bias: preventing issues to be brought up (applying wider public)
the ability to manipulate agenda
Three dimensional view - ideological
Manipulation: alter someone's wish
propaganda --> using fear to control
ex) hegemony, false consciousness
latent conflict: looking at interests those exercising and excluded
insidious use of power
Lecture part
when policies are not implemented
Issues are part of life
individual problem/ responsibility
cannot be solved - too expensive not within budget
Hirschman on Reactionary thesis
Rhetoric used to be against current policies
Perversity thesis - Reforms will backfire, things only get worse
Futility thesis (unsolvable) - Reforms won't change anything
Jeopardy thesis - Reforms hurt existing system including norms and values
Saltelli et al. regulatory capture
regulatory capture - lobbyists or industry professionals overtake regulatory agency to serve their interests
cultural/ cognitive capture - when lobbyists shape public and institutional understanding of science and policy directions
guradian of reasons - well-meaning educators, etc are hired by private firm to push their agenda
astroturfing: the deceptive practice of hiding the sponsors of an orchestrated message or organization to make it appear as though it originates from, and is supported by, unsolicited grassroots org
Epistemic ladder - steps of how cultural capture is achieved
epistemic ladder - change how the evidence is produced (quality of criteria)
institutional ladder - taking over the instittution
political ladder - change the entire worldview (cultural capture)
Jureidini & McHenry on evidence based medicine
scientific integrity is threatened by corporations, in which financial interests trump the common good