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

Authors

  • Leonardo Secchi Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (PPGA/ESAG/UDESC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21118/apgs.v4i1.4046

Keywords:

Policy advocacy, Políticas Públicas, Formação da Agenda

Abstract

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.

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Author Biography

Leonardo Secchi, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (PPGA/ESAG/UDESC)

Doutorado em Ciências Políticas - Universidade de MilãoMestrado em Administração - UFSCGraduação em Administração - UFSCProfessor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universiade do Estado de Santa Catarina (PPGA/ESAG/UDESC)

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Published

2012-09-18

How to Cite

Secchi, L. (2012). Agenda-setting: Policy Advocacy as Teaching Method of Public Policy. Administração Pública E Gestão Social, 4(1), 32–47. https://doi.org/10.21118/apgs.v4i1.4046

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012)

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