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Osinga, Silke (2022)

Up and Down with the foster parent shortage: An analysis of the agenda setting of the foster parent shortage

Bachelor thesis | Bestuurskunde (BSc)

In this research the movement of the foster parent shortage on and off the political and public agenda was analyzed using Downs’ issue-attention cycle. By applying this theory to a media and policy analysis this paper tried to answer the question: To what extend does the complex nature of the foster parent shortage influence it’s movement from and onto the agenda without durable improvement? What was found is that the foster parent shortage seems to go through the cycle at some points in the past fifteen years, but that there are also moments where there is media attention or policy change outside of the issue-attention cycle. This suggest the pattern with which the problem moves on and off the agenda is more eclectic than the issue-attention cycle Downs describes.

Author

Osinga, Silke

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Specialisation

Beleid, Bestuur en Organisatie

Supervisors

Karakasis, V.P.

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en