PERCEIVED RISK
; CLIMATE-CHANGE
; PUBLIC PREFERENCES
; PROBLEM DEFINITION
; ISSUE DEFINITION
; PERCEPTIONS
; WILLINGNESS
; FEDERALISM
; PREDICTORS
; GOVERNMENT
WOS学科分类:
Political Science
; Public Administration
WOS研究方向:
Government & Law
; Public Administration
英文摘要:
Seismologists have reported that a majority of recent earthquakes in Oklahoma have been triggered by the activities of oil and gas companies. Despite this fact, there is evidence of strong opposition toward earthquake mitigation policy. In this article, we argue that how individuals define issues affect their policy choice. Furthermore, we incorporate the concept of venue shopping from the literature on macro theories of the policy process to investigate the effect of problem definition in shaping individual venue preference for policy choice. Using unique survey data, we find that problem definition, particularly issue causality and issue image, is strongly related to individual support for earthquake mitigation policy. However, a more nuanced relationship between individual problem definition and venue preference is observed. Our findings contribute to scholarly endeavors to understand the politics of problem definition at an individual level, which may be the precursor of understanding policy choices at the institutional level.
Univ Oklahoma, Dept Polit Sicence, Norman, OK 73019 USA
Recommended Citation:
Choi, Junghwa,Wehde, Wesley. Venue Preference and Earthquake Mitigation Policy: Expanding the Micro-Model of Policy Choice[J]. REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH,2019-01-01