My research interests include public policy processes, agenda setting, and comparative policy. My current research projects focus on information processing in policy agenda setting and politics.
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Liu, Xinsheng, James Stoutenborough and Arnold Vedlitz. 2016. “Bureaucratic Expertise, Overconfidence, and Policy Choice,” Governance 30 (4), 705-725 |
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Liu, Xinsheng and Ren Mu. 2016. “Public Environmental Concern in China: Determinants and Variations,” Global Environmental Change 37: 116–127 |
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Liu, Xinsheng, Arnold Vedlitz, James W. Stoutenborough, and Scott Robinson. 2015. “Scientists' Views and Positions on Global Warming and Climate Change: A Content Analysis of Congressional Testimonies,” Climatic Change 131(4):487–503. (Featured in Nature Climate Change: www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v5/n6/full/nclimate2676.html) |
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Xinsheng Liu, Arnold Vedlitz, and Liu Shi. 2014. "Examining the determinants of public environmental concern: Evidence from national public surveys," Environmental Science and Policy, 2014 (39): 77-94. |
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Robinson, Scott E., Xinsheng Liu, James Stoutenborough, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2013. “Explaining Popular Trust in the Department of Homeland Security,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 23 (3): 713-733. |
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Liu, Xinsheng, Eric Lindquist, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2011. “Explaining Media and Congressional Attention to Global Climate Change, 1969-2005: An Empirical Test of Agenda Setting Theory,” Political Research Quarterly 64 (2): 405-419 |
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Liu, Xinsheng, Eric Lindquist, Arnold Vedlitz, and Kenneth Vincent. 2010. “Understanding Local Policy Making: Policy Elites’ Perceptions of Local Agenda Setting and Alternative Selection,” Policy Studies Journal 38 (1): 69-91 |
Substantive Focus:
Energy and Natural Resource Policy
Environmental Policy
PRIMARY
International Relations
Science and Technology Policy
Comparative Public Policy
SECONDARY
Theoretical Focus:
Policy Process Theory
PRIMARY
Agenda-Setting, Adoption, and Implementation
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
SECONDARY
Public Opinion
Keywords
AGENDA SETTING
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
CLIMATE CHANGE POLITICS
MEDIA FRAMING
PUBLIC OPINIONS
