If it really is an obstruction to the emergence of the issue, then there should be a negative association between levels of industrial influence in the fifty sample cities and the issueness of air pollution in those cities.
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If it really is an obstruction to the emergence of the issue, then there should be a negative association between levels of industrial influence in the fifty sample cities and the issueness of air pollution in those cities.
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These properties capture the 'issueness' of a social problem. If they were easily operationalized, a scale measuring issueness could be derived simply by adding the scores of an issue on the dimensions above.
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Thus the "issueness" of an issue emerges as the joint effect of values and facts, interests and events, subjective and objective factors.
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