To further understand the growing opposition towards the environment card act, the agenda setting theories of John W. Kingdon about the window of opportunity will be applied, as well as Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones theory of agenda access setting and punctuated equilibrium.
Þungamiðja ritgerðarinnar er kenning John W. Kingdon um glugga tækifæranna og kenningar Frank M. Baumgartner og Bryan Jones um aðgang að dagskrá og raskað jafnvægi.