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The Political Framing Of Public Policies: An Analysis Of Act 10 In Wisconsin, David Brooker
The Political Framing Of Public Policies: An Analysis Of Act 10 In Wisconsin, David Brooker
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Political framing of public policy is typically different than the actual effects of the policy. In the case of Act 10 there was an extremely negative perception from teachers in the state of Wisconsin especially when it came to their salaries despite little empirical difference in salaries. Wisconsin’s Act 10, which altered the state’s public-sector collective bargaining laws, provides a natural experiment to test the political framing of public policy. A survey was conducted of teachers across the state of Wisconsin to determine their opinions regarding Act 10 and salary data from Wisconsin and Missouri were collected for comparison. It …