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Bending Priorities: a Study in Policy Framing. State of Michigan’s Brownfield Initiative
Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
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Bending Priorities: a Study in Policy Framing. State of Michigan’s Brownfield Initiative
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HULA, Richard; Professor and Chairperson of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA BROMLEY-TRUJILLO, Rebecca; Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA HAMLIN, Roger; Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA |
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This paper explores the political process bywhich the state of Michigan successfully crafted andimplemented such a brownfield initiative. Althoughthe primary focus here is on the experience of asingle state, the lessons to be learned from thiscase have national and international implicationsbecause Michigan is a leader in brownfieldprograms. The paper begins with a review of thegeneral policy context in which state brownfieldpolicy is made. Particular attention is given tothe widespread dissatisfaction of a variety ofstakeholders with long dominant federal programsin the area of environmental cleanups. The secondsection outlines a number of fundamental legislativeand administrative changes that have beenimplemented in Michigan environmental policyover the past decade. Section three reviews thebroad literature on issue framing and considershow it might help identify the specific mechanismsby which the innovative brownfield program wasadopted. The final section provides an informal testof elements of the issue-framing model by exploringin some detail the convergence of public opinionwith key elements of the innovative policy, andwhether there was any significant shift in publicopinion over time.
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Babes Bolyai University
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2009-10-01
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/257
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Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences; 2009: Issue No. 27 E/October; 105-128
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eng
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http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/257/251
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Copyright (c) 2014 Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
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