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On Obama Administration Gun Policy With Continual Reference To The Multiple Streams Model
| Title: | On Obama Administration Gun Policy With Continual Reference To The Multiple Streams Model. |
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| Name(s): |
Hristakopoulos, Michael, Author Vieux, Andrea, Committee Chair Wilson, Bruce, Committee Member Kinsey, Barbara, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | The Multiple Streams model developed by John Kingdon (1995) and Nikolaos Zahariadis (2007) provides a valuable framework for understanding the nature of policy change. This investigation draws extensively upon the Multiple Streams framework in order to understand the development of gun-control policy initiatives under President Barack Obama.The investigation uses a case-study approach with in-depth analysis of four different mass-shooting events that took place in the United States between 2009 and 2012. Reconstruction of the shooting events and detailed parsing of the Obama administration's official responses to each incident, when viewed through the Multiple Streams lens, clearly explain why Obama's aggressive policy initiative was so delayed in its emergence in spite of several shootings and the President's clearly stated belief that gun-reform was a necessary step for the federal government. While the term (")policy change(") is broad and may encompass all sorts of governmental responsiveness, the term herein should be interpreted in the narrowest sense: exclusively encompassing legislative initiatives.Ultimately, the investigation concludes that numerous factors, but most prominently concerns about the timing and results of the 2010 Midterm and 2012 General Elections, prevented an aggressive pursuit of gun-reform prior to January 2013. The tragic shooting of 28 people in Newtown, Connecticut, then served as a prime focusing event for the President to aggressively engage a long-standing goal. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0004865 (IID), ucf:49716 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2013-08-01 M.A. Sciences, Political Science Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | Multiple Streams -- Three Streams -- gun control -- gun violence -- mass shooting -- Obama -- policy -- policy change -- shooting -- focusing event -- case study -- Newtown -- Aurora -- Tucson -- Carthage | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004865 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2013-08-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
