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Encyclopedia > Political agenda

The political agenda is the issues and policies set out by either the executive or cabinet in government which dictate existing and near-future political news and debate. The political agenda while shaped by government can be influence by Grass roots support from party activists at events such as a party conference and can even be shaped by non governmental activist groups which have a political aim. Non-governmental organisations such as Make Poverty History and environmental groups such as Green Peace have been able to shape the political agenda at international conferences. [1] ... A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization which is not a part of a government. ... // The UK campaign A white band bilingual in Welsh and English. ... Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971. ...


Increasingly the mass media can have an effect in shaping the political agenda through its news coverage of news stories. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was able to shape the political agenda by running a series of programmes which criticised the quality of school dinners in the United Kingdom. This led to government action by education secretary Ruth Kelly to improve the quality of meals which would not have occurred if it was not for such prominent and vocal criticism. [2] James Trevor Oliver MBE (born May 27, 1975), better known as Jamie Oliver and The Naked Chef, is a British celebrity chef. ... Ruth Maria Kelly (born 9 May 1968) is a British Labour politician. ...


A political party can be described as “shaping the political agenda” or “setting the political agenda” if its promotion of certain issues gains prominent news coverage, for example at election time a political party wants to promote is polices and gain prominent news coverage in order to increase its support.


Another definition of political agenda that often goes unrecognized in the individual is one's goals. A political agenda in this sense is one's own goals, whether they are moral, ethical, social or any number of other adjectives. The person who buys a plate for eating and serving food had an agenda when walking into the store; we can guess the person wanted to have a place to eat food for himself or that she planned to host a social gathering, maybe a party. A strinkingly large number of people act without recognizing their own political agendas, which is an entirely questionable group of actions as never in history has their been repeated success from a lack of planning. This lack of recongizing agendas and goals leads to stupidity and sometimes death [3]. In common speech, the word individual most often refers to a person, or, by analogy, to any specific object in a group of things. ... In Organizational Development, goals represent desired future states of organizations. ... A moral is a one sentence remark made at the end of many childrens stories that expresses the intended meaning, or the moral message, of the tale. ... Ethics is a general term for what is often described as the science (study) of morality. In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is good or right. ... // Latin root meaning The term social is derived from the Latin word socius, which as a noun means an associate, ally, companion, business partner or comrade and in the adjectival form socialis refers to a bond between people (such as marriage) or to their collective or connected existence. ... Plate has several meanings: A plate electrode in a vacuum tube. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Stupidity is the quality or condition of being stupid, or lacking intelligence. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


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