Description
The study of narratives in a variety of disciplines has grown in recent years as a method of better explaining underlying concepts in their respective fields. Through the use of Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), political scientists can analyze the role narrative plays in political discourse.
Table of Contents
Contents Preface: The Portneuf School of Narrative; Mark K. McBeth Acknowledgements The Scientific Study of Policy Narratives in the Policy Process 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 Micro-Level NPF: Individuals and Policy Narratives 3. The Narrative Policy Framework and the Practitioner: Communicating Recycling Policy; Mark K. McBeth, Donna L. Lybecker and Maria Husmann 4. The Blame Game: Narrative Persuasiveness of the Intentional Causal Mechanism; Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Stephanie M. Adams, Michael D. Jones and Mark K. McBeth Meso-Level NPF: Groups, Coalitions and Policy Narratives 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 Assessing the NPF 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
