LIST OF PANELS

The goal of this panel is to discuss the conditions under which policymakers issue priorities vary across parties, institutional settings, and time, and the consequences this may have in terms of political representation. Agenda setting scholars emphasize policy-makers decision to prioritize some issues, instead of others is motivated by a combination of factors. On some occasions issue prioritization is the result of strategic considerations oriented to maximize votes and reelection; in others, it is more the result of policy-makers socio-economic features and ideological bias, while in others it is more the result of institutional factors and/or changing economic and social conditions. This panel is aimed to analyze issue prioritization from different theoretical lenses. In particular, the panel will prioritize comparative papers analyzing (1) to what extend policy-makers personal backgrounds affect the issues they pay attention to – eg. are there significant differences on the issues female and male MPs pay more attention to in the parliamentary arena, or/and the social media—, and (2) under which conditions formal and informal institutions affect policymakers capacity to prioritize issues in the governmental arena and the social media –eg. can MPs overcome party discipline and other institutional constraints regarding issue prioritization through the social media?—. Also, the panel welcomes papers oriented (3) to discuss the consequences of issue prioritization in terms of political representation. The panel welcomes papers using a comparative and/or quantitative research strategy.

The goal of this panel is to discuss the conditions under which policymakers issue priorities vary across parties, institutional settings, and time, and the consequences this may have in terms of political representation. Agenda setting scholars emphasize policy-makers decision to prioritize some issues, instead of others is motivated by a combination of factors. On some occasions issue prioritization is the result of strategic considerations oriented to maximize votes and reelection; in others, it is more the result of policy-makers socio-economic features and ideological bias, while in others it is more the result of institutional factors and/or changing economic and social conditions.

This panel is aimed to analyze issue prioritization from different theoretical lenses. In particular, the panel will prioritize comparative papers analyzing (1) to what extend policy-makers personal backgrounds affect the issues they pay attention to – eg. are there significant differences on the issues female and male MPs pay more attention to in the parliamentary arena, or/and the social media—, and (2) under which conditions formal and informal institutions affect policymakers capacity to prioritize issues in the governmental arena and the social media –eg. can MPs overcome party discipline and other institutional constraints regarding issue prioritization through the social media?—. Also, the panel welcomes papers oriented (3) to discuss the consequences of issue prioritization in terms of political representation. The panel welcomes papers using a comparative and/or quantitative research strategy.