The science of stories : applications of the narrative policy framework in public policy analysis / edited by Michael D. Jones, Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Mark K. McBeth.

Other author Jones, Michael D., 1973- editor.
Other author Shanahan, Elizabeth A., editor.
Other author McBeth, Mark K. editor.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionxx, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface: The Portneuf School of Narrative; Mark K. McBeth -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introducing the narrative policy framework / Michael D. Jones, Mark K. McBeth and Elizabeth A. Shanahan -- 2. Research design and the narrative policy framework / Jonathan J. Pierce, Aaron Smith-Walter and Holly L. Peterson -- 3. The narrative policy framework and the practitioner: communicating recycling policy / Mark K. McBeth, Donna L. Lybecker and Maria Husmann -- 4. The blame bame: narrative persuasiveness of the intentional causal mechanism / Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Stephanie M. Adams, Michael D. Jones and Mark K. McBeth -- 5. The strategic use of policy narratives: Jaitapur and the politics of siting a nuclear power plant in India / Kuhika Gupta, Joseph T. Ripberger and Savannah Collins -- 6. Narrating the 'Arab Spring': where expertise meets heuristics in legislative hearings / Tom O'Bryan, Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli -- 7. Using the narrative policy framework to understand stakeholder strategy and effectiveness: A multi-case analysis / Deserai Anderson Crow and John Berggren -- 8. Coalitions are people: policy narratives and the defeat of Ohio Senate Bill 5 / Andrew R. Kear and Dominic D. Wells -- 9. Exploring the policy narratives and politics of hydraulic fracturing in New York / Tanya Heikkila, Chris Weible and Jonathan Pierce -- 10. The governance of social innovation: connecting meso and macro levels of analysis / Steven Ney -- 11. Narrative policy framework: contributions, limitations, and recommendations / Christopher M. Weible and Edella Schlager -- 12. Denouement? / Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Mark K. McBeth and Michael D. Jones.
Abstract The Science of Stories: Applications of the Narrative Policy Framework in Policy Analysis is the first comprehensive collection of Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) studies, a new framework that empirically examines the role of policy narratives in the policy process. The core theme of NPF, and hence the book, is that policy narratives shape policy processes through influences on public opinion, coalitional behavior, and cultures and institutions. The original elements of this volume that set it apart from other policy texts are (1) empirical accounts of the power of stories at different levels of analysis within the policy process; (2) studies examining both domestic and international policy arenas; and (3) an assessment of this book written Christopher Weible and Edella Schlager, two prominent policy process scholars who situate the NPF in the larger policy process literature. The Science of Stories is a desired text for graduate and undergraduate policy courses.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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