title: Public health agenda setting in a global context: the International Labor Organization's decent work agenda.
abstract: We drew on two agenda-setting theories usually applied at the state or national level to assess their utility at the global level: Kingdon's multiple streams theory and Baumgartner and Jones's punctuated equilibrium theory. We illustrate our analysis with findings from a qualitative study of the International Labor Organization's Decent Work Agenda. We found that both theories help explain the agenda-setting mechanisms that operate in the global context, including how windows of opportunity open and what role institutions play as policy entrepreneurs. Future application of these theories could help characterize power struggles between global actors, whose voices are heard or silenced, and their impact on global policy agenda setting.
authors.affiliation: Erica Di Ruggiero, Donald C. Cole, and Lisa Forman are with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Joanna E. Cohen is with the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Di Ruggiero
authors.forename: Joanna E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Forman
mesh_terms: D006806:Human Rights; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D011634:Public Health; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012935:Social Justice; D014937:Work / Q000592:standards*