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Non‐violent Erotica: A Case Study in an Issue Network within the Australian Federal Parliament
Author(s) -
Bromley Emma
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8497.00323
Subject(s) - parliament , government (linguistics) , intervention (counseling) , political science , process (computing) , public relations , psychology , law , computer science , linguistics , politics , psychiatry , programming language , philosophy
The federal government's attempt to replace the X classification for videotapes with a Non‐violent Erotica (NVE) classification category was rejected through the intervention of an issue network within the federal parliament. By assessing this process, we can see how individuals can form issue networks and successfully alter a policy proposal.