The Comparative Agendas Project collects and organizes data from archived sources to track policy outcomes across countries.   Read more
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    Belgium's Legislative Agenda

    Annual bill introductions in Belgium's parliament vary by number and policy content.
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    The Evolution of Immigration Attention

    Political chief executives in Europe and the US raised the issue of immigration in speeches to their legislatures at relatively high levels from 2000 to 2008, but suddenly cut back after 2008.
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    Response to Crisis

    The U.S. Congress held more hearings and the President issued more executive orders during the energy crisis of the 1970s.
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    New U.S. Media Data

    Amber Boydstun’s New York Times Front Page data offers a different view of the amount of attention the media paid to issues over time.
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    Changing Agendas on Civil Rights

    The U.S. led Denmark in legislative activity on civil rights, until something changed in the 1970s.
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    The Environmental Race

    While the US has long led Denmark in proportion of bills introduced in the legislature related to the environment, the US has fallen behind in the past two decades.
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News

US Data Update: 2020 Democratic Party Platform
30 Aug 2020
The Democratic Party's platform has been updated! The Democratic Party's convention took place August 17-20, and was largely a virtual event. The party platform was released in time for the convention. The Republican Party's convention took place the following week, August ...
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The Great Broadening awarded the 2020 Richard F. Fenno Prize!
29 May 2020
Congratulations to Drs. Bryan Jones, Sean Theriault, and Michelle Whyman on winning the Richard F Fenno Jr Prize from this year's APSA Legislative Studies Section! The Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize is awarded to the best book in legislative studies published in the previous ...
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CAP 2022 news!
03 May 2020
CAP 2022 will take place in Israel! Many thanks and congratulations to the Co-Directors of the Israel CAP team, Amnon Cavari, Maoz Rosenthal, and Ilana Shpaizman. We will update with news on dates and logistics following CAP 2021 in Aarhus.
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