What makes insider claimsmakers effective and how do they frame issues so that outsider claimsmakers are thwarted in their attempts to gain ownership of the issue at hand?

How do insider claimsmakers operate?

First, read chapter 4 of Joel Best’s Social Problems and then watch the attached video.

Then answer the following questions:

•How are environmental and economic problems shaped by insider claimsmakers?

•What makes insider claimsmakers effective and how do they frame issues so that outsider claimsmakers are thwarted in their attempts to gain ownership of the issue at hand?

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How Exxon held back climate action for decades, and is still doing it today | UNEARTHED GREENPEACE