policy agenda

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policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/
us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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agenda
noun[C]
uk
/əˈdʒen.də/
us
/əˈdʒen.də/
a list of matters to be discussed at ...
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(Definition ofpolicyandagendafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Failure may however see the issue of mental health further marginalized on the healthpolicyagenda.
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Their pragmatism and compromises ensured that their concerns could be placed on thepolicyagenda.
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That is, societal groups' preferences place the need for change on thepolicyagenda.
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They therefore proposed to put in place mechanisms to ensure inequities and their consequences are at the centre of thepolicyagenda.
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Critical issues such as land ownership and ethnic equality were pushed into public discourse and onto thepolicyagenda.
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How the contribution of carers is to be recognised in society remains a critical issue for the socialpolicyagenda.
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Stated differently, the lame-duck session provided majority-party leaders with a perfect environment to "cartelize" thepolicyagenda.
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But broad effectiveness - an institution's long-term legitimacy - works in concert with itspolicyagenda as institutions read the tea leaves of public and political change.
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While thepolicyagendawas dominated to a remarkable extent by comprehensive proposals offered by this 'central structure', policy outputs look much more fragmented.
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The conservative leadership had its own substantialpolicyagenda: the roll back of occupation reforms that were seen as too democratic.
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It is a moral position which puts the health of the (global) poor at the top of thepolicyagenda.
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These discussions will then form the basis of that committee'spolicyagenda.
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These strong distributional results across countries suggest that compensation needs to be a part of the greenhouse gaspolicyagendaalong with mitigation and adaptation.
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The newpolicyagendafor centralised bargaining is a chief reason why employers are going along with the recentralising of collective bargaining.
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They help create strategic advantages for groups promoting an alternativepolicyagenda.
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This further eroded farm-state control over the agriculturalpolicyagenda.
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Thus, in interpreting constitutional rules or regulatory statutes, they may pursue a particularpolicyagenda.
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At the top of the government'spolicyagendawere users' independence, tailoring services to individual needs, and greater service continuity.
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It was in fact a dispute over the nature of thepolicyagenda.
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We shall return to this topic because it lies at the heart of attempts to form a newpolicyagendawithin the community care framework.
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The issue already had a long history, and had become a fixture on the local cultural and broadcastingpolicyagenda.
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Interest groups compete to attract members, and to influence thepolicyagenda.
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