%0 Journal Article %T Understanding Agenda Setting in Local Governments (Case Study: Mashhad City Council) %J Journal of Public Administration %I University of Tehran %Z 2008-5877 %A Gholipour, Rahmatolah %A Hamidizadeh, Ali %A Akhavan Alavi, Seyed Hussain %A Faraji Mollaie, Amin %A Rastegar, Seyed Hamed %D 2019 %\ 12/22/2019 %V 11 %N 4 %P 557-580 %! Understanding Agenda Setting in Local Governments (Case Study: Mashhad City Council) %K Agenda setting %K Hermeneutics %K phenomenology %R 10.22059/jipa.2019.283225.2568 %X Objective:This is an inquiry in agenda setting in Mashhad city council as an example of a local government in Iran. This research is undertaken in order to understand and improve agenda setting in local governments. Methods: Phenomenological hermeneutics and hermeneutic phenomenology (constructivist grounded theory) are used in this research. Results: A dual construct is made for agenda setting in local governments, based on soft periphery and a hard core. The hard inner core constitutes of personal features of policy maker while soft periphery is based on circumstances. There are pre-factors and post factors that embed pre and post effects of an issue when it is set as an agenda. Pre factors include ex-ante evaluation, temporal effects and the likelihood of a bills to pass. Post factors are feedbacks, target population and the issue itself. Conclusion: Agenda settingdynamic in Mashhad city council as a local government differs from existent patterns. Here, the agenda setting process has become individualized due to the lack of a decision support systems and proper feedback. %U https://jipa.ut.ac.ir/article_72740_a455342013abbd97f34d42cf9387c62c.pdf