\subsubsection*{The EU policy agenda}

Study questions

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	\item Describe punctuated equilibrium theory and explain how it helps us understand policy-agenda dynamics in the European Union.
	\item How has the policy agenda of the European Council changed over time? What factors drive these changes?
	\item How do policy agendas differ between the European Council and the Commission? What explains these differences?
\end{itemize}

\noindent Key reading
	
\begin{itemize}
	\item <NAME>. and <NAME>. 2012. From there to here: Punctuated equilibrium to the general punctuation thesis to a theory of government information processing. Policy Studies Journal, 40(1), pp.1-20.
	\item <NAME>. 2011. Agenda-setting strategies in EU policy processes. Journal of European Public Policy, 18(7), pp.927-943.
	\item <NAME>., <NAME>. and <NAME>., 2016. From Summitry to EU Government: An Agenda Formation Perspective on the European Council. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 54(4), pp.809-825.
	\item <NAME>., 2017. Institutional issue proclivity in the EU: the European Council vs the Commission. Journal of European Public Policy, 24(5), pp.755-774.
\end{itemize}

\noindent Further reading

\begin{itemize}
	\item <NAME>., <NAME>. and <NAME>. 2012. Policy punctuations and issue diversity on the European Council agenda. Policy Studies Journal, 40(1), pp.69-88.
	\item <NAME>. 2016. 19. Agenda setting in the European Union: from sui generis to mainstream. Handbook of Public Policy Agenda Setting, p.348.
	\item <NAME>. 2015b. Explaining political attention allocation with the help of issue character: evidence from the European Council. European Political Science Review, 8(3), pp.405-435.
	\item <NAME>., <NAME>. and <NAME>. 2015. Building the EU’s Energy Policy Agenda: Insights Gained. In Energy Policy Making in the EU (pp. 247-263). Springer London.
	\item <NAME>. and <NAME>. 2016. Exploring the Political Agenda of the European Parliament Using a Dynamic Topic Modeling Approach. arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.03055.
	\item <NAME>. and <NAME>. 2013. National interest versus the common good: The Presidency in European Council agenda setting. European Journal of Political Research, 52(3), pp.316-338.
	\item <NAME>., <NAME>., <NAME>. and <NAME>., 2014. Measuring the European Council agenda: Introducing a new approach and dataset. European Union Politics, 15(1), pp.152-167.
	\item <NAME>. 2015. Studying Agenda Setting. In Research Methods in European Union Studies (pp. 123-135). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
	\item <NAME>. 2015. Upsetting the agenda: the clout of external focusing events in the European Council. Journal of Public Policy, 35(03), pp.505-530.
	\item <NAME>., <NAME>. and <NAME>. 2015. Building the EU’s Energy Policy Agenda: An Introduction. In Energy Policy Making in the EU (pp. 1-17). Springer London.
	\item <NAME>., <NAME>. and <NAME>. 2016. Agenda responsiveness in the European Council: public priorities, policy problems and political attention. West European Politics, 39(4), pp.605-627.
	
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