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Why do some issues never get on the political agenda, despite the seeming strength of their proponents? Cobb and Ross provide new conceptual tools to show how cultural strategies and symbolic resources work in politics and why they are usually more decisive than conventional material and political resources. The case studies are terrific and work together to make the whole bigger than the sum of its parts. --<b>Deborah A. Stone</b>, author of <i>The Disabled State and Policy Paradox and Political Reason</i> Having explained in the past how issues get on the public agenda, Cobb and Ross now ask how they are kept off. The study of interest groups will benefit greatly from their analysis of the politics of cultural interpretation. --<b>Erwin C. Hargrove</b>, coeditor of <i>Impossible Jobs in Public Management</i> The authors in this collection reverse the setting-the-agenda lens to examine instead why serious governmental discussion of many important issues is blocked or forbidden. Consequently, some previously shadowy matters of social construction and political psychology come into much sharper focus. The power of denial and the cultural taboos, symbols, and stereotypes that fuel them open a promising new agenda in agenda research. --<b>Helen Ingram</b>, coauthor of <i>Policy Design for Democracy</i> Cobb and Ross make a compelling case for the significance of agenda denial. A wonderfully diverse collection of case studies help to highlight the importance of cultural symbols as well as material resources in the struggle for issue containment. --<b>Elaine B. Sharp</b>, author of <i>Drug Policy in the U.S.</i> Offering both an accessible theoretical framework and a set of integrated case studies, this volume provides an understanding of why major agenda changes are infrequent and the status quo remains intact. --<b>Burdett Loomis</b>, author of <i>Time, Politics, and Policies</i>

Why do some issues never get on the political agenda, despite the seeming strength of their proponents? Cobb and Ross provide new conceptual tools to show how cultural strategies and symbolic resources work in politics and why they are usually more decisive than conventional material and political resources. The case studies are terrific and work together to make the whole bigger than the sum of its parts.--Deborah A. Stone, author of The Disabled State and Policy Paradox and Political ReasonHaving explained in the past how issues get on the public agenda, Cobb and Ross now ask how they are kept off. The study of interest groups will benefit greatly from their analysis of the politics of cultural interpretation.--Erwin C. Hargrove, coeditor of Impossible Jobs in Public Management The authors in this collection reverse the setting-the-agenda lens to examine instead why serious governmental discussion of many important issues is blocked or forbidden. Consequently, some previously shadowy matters of social construction and political psychology come into much sharper focus. The power of denial and the cultural taboos, symbols, and stereotypes that fuel them open a promising new agenda in agenda research.--Helen Ingram, coauthor of Policy Design for Democracy Cobb and Ross make a compelling case for the significance of agenda denial. A wonderfully diverse collection of case studies help to highlight the importance of cultural symbols as well as material resources in the struggle for issue containment.--Elaine B. Sharp, author of Drug Policy in the U.S. Offering both an accessible theoretical framework and a set of integrated case studies, this volume provides an understanding of why major agenda changes are infrequent and the status quo remains intact.--Burdett Loomis, author of Time, Politics, and Policies The book does an excellent job of applying its argument to real cases and providing sound, persuasive illustrations.--Choice

-Why do some issues never get on the political agenda, despite the seeming strength of their proponents? Cobb and Ross provide new conceptual tools to show how cultural strategies and symbolic resources work in politics and why they are usually more decisive than conventional material and political resources. The case studies are terrific and work together to make the whole bigger than the sum of its parts.---Deborah A. Stone, author of The Disabled State and Policy Paradox and Political Reason -Having explained in the past how issues get on the public agenda, Cobb and Ross now ask how they are kept off. The study of interest groups will benefit greatly from their analysis of the politics of cultural interpretation.---Erwin C. Hargrove, coeditor of Impossible Jobs in Public Management -The authors in this collection reverse the setting-the-agenda lens to examine instead why serious governmental discussion of many important issues is blocked or forbidden. Consequently, some previously shadowy matters of social construction and political psychology come into much sharper focus. The power of denial and the cultural taboos, symbols, and stereotypes that fuel them open a promising new agenda in agenda research.---Helen Ingram, coauthor of Policy Design for Democracy -Cobb and Ross make a compelling case for the significance of agenda denial. A wonderfully diverse collection of case studies help to highlight the importance of cultural symbols as well as material resources in the struggle for issue containment.---Elaine B. Sharp, author of Drug Policy in the U.S. -Offering both an accessible theoretical framework and a set of integrated case studies, this volume provides an understanding of why major agenda changes are infrequent and the status quo remains intact.---Burdett Loomis, author of Time, Politics, and Policies Why do some issues never get on the political agenda, despite the seeming strength of their proponents? Cobb and Ross provide new conceptual tools to show how cultural strategies and symbolic resources work in politics and why they are usually more decisive than conventional material and political resources. The case studies are terrific and work together to make the whole bigger than the sum of its parts. --Deborah A. Stone, author of The Disabled State and Policy Paradox and Political Reason Having explained in the past how issues get on the public agenda, Cobb and Ross now ask how they are kept off. The study of interest groups will benefit greatly from their analysis of the politics of cultural interpretation. --Erwin C. Hargrove, coeditor of Impossible Jobs in Public Management The authors in this collection reverse the setting-the-agenda lens to examine instead why serious governmental discussion of many important issues is blocked or forbidden. Consequently, some previously shadowy matters of social construction and political psychology come into much sharper focus. The power of denial and the cultural taboos, symbols, and stereotypes that fuel them open a promising new agenda in agenda research. --Helen Ingram, coauthor of Policy Design for Democracy Cobb and Ross make a compelling case for the significance of agenda denial. A wonderfully diverse collection of case studies help to highlight the importance of cultural symbols as well as material resources in the struggle for issue containment. --Elaine B. Sharp, author of Drug Policy in the U.S. Offering both an accessible theoretical framework and a set of integrated case studies, this volume provides an understanding of why major agenda changes are infrequent and the status quo remains intact. --Burdett Loomis, author of Time, Politics, and Policies

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