Open AccessPublic Health Agenda Setting in a Global Context: The International Labor Organization’s Decent Work Agenda
Author(s) -
Erica Di Ruggiero,
Joanna E. Cohen,
Donald C. Cole,
Lisa Forman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302455
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , work (physics) , state (computer science) , power (physics) , sociology , political science , public relations , public health , public administration , medicine , mechanical engineering , paleontology , physics , nursing , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science , engineering , biology
We drew on two agenda-setting theories usually applied at the state or national level to assess their utility at the global level: Kingdon's multiple streams theory and Baumgartner and Jones's punctuated equilibrium theory. We illustrate our analysis with findings from a qualitative study of the International Labor Organization's Decent Work Agenda. We found that both theories help explain the agenda-setting mechanisms that operate in the global context, including how windows of opportunity open and what role institutions play as policy entrepreneurs. Future application of these theories could help characterize power struggles between global actors, whose voices are heard or silenced, and their impact on global policy agenda setting.