The Science of Stories : Applications of the Narrative Policy Framework in Public Policy Analysis

Index xii • List of Tables 7.4 Policy position and use of characters 7.5 Use of character types by case and policy position 7.6 Policy position by use of blame in narrative 7.7 Devil-Angel Shift by policy winner and loser and by case 7.8 Narrativity index by policy winners and losers 8.1 Coalition members 8.2 Newspaper media coverage and character use 8.3 Newspaper articles by section 8.4 We are Ohio narratives (anti-SB5) 8.5 Building a Better Ohio narratives (pro-SB5) 8.6 Policy preferences 8.7 Voter registration 8.8 2011 referendum for Senate Bill 5 (Issue #2) vote results 9.1 Percentage of documents coded for different positions, perceptions, and policy preferences by pro-vs. anti-hydraulic fracturing groups 9.2 Differences in mean numbers of heroes, villains, and victims per document by pro-vs. anti-groups 9.3 Characterization of different hero, villain, and victim types in pro-documents (n = 60) vs. anti-documents (n = 117) 9.4 Pro-versus anti-devil-angel scores by year 10.1 Number and types of documents analyzed 10.2 Contending policy narratives 10.3 Relative strengths and weaknesses of each narrative 10.4 Documents associated with policy narratives 10.5 Patterns of agreement and disagreement 10.6 Hypotheses 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. 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xx Introducing the Narrative Policy Framework....Pages 1-25 Research Design and the Narrative Policy Framework....Pages 27-44 The Narrative Policy Framework and the Practitioner: Communicating Recycling Policy....Pages 45-68 The Blame Game: Narrative Persuasiveness of the Intentional Causal Mechanism....Pages 69-88 The Strategic Use of Policy Narratives: Jaitapur and the Politics of Siting a Nuclear Power Plant in India....Pages 89-106 Narrating the “Arab Spring”: Where Expertise Meets Heuristics in Legislative Hearings....Pages 107-129 Using the Narrative Policy Framework to Understand Stakeholder Strategy and Effectiveness: A Multi-Case Analysis....Pages 131-156 Coalitions Are People: Policy Narratives and the Defeat of Ohio Senate Bill 5....Pages 157-184 Exploring the Policy Narratives and Politics of Hydraulic Fracturing in New York....Pages 185-205 The Governance of Social Innovation: Connecting Meso and Macro Levels of Analysis....Pages 207-234 Narrative Policy Framework: Contributions, Limitations, and Recommendations....Pages 235-246 Denouement?....Pages 247-260 Back Matter....Pages 261-280 Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Figures 10 List of Tables 12 Preface: The Portneuf School of Narrative 14 Acknowledgments 20 1 Introducing the Narrative Policy Framework 22 2 Research Design and the Narrative Policy Framework 47 3 The Narrative Policy Framework and the Practitioner: Communicating Recycling Policy 65 4 The Blame Game: Narrative Persuasiveness of the Intentional Causal Mechanism 89 5 The Strategic Use of Policy Narratives: Jaitapur and the Politics of Siting a Nuclear Power Plant in India 109 6 Narrating the ``Arab Spring'': Where Expertise Meets Heuristics in Legislative Hearings 127 7 Using the Narrative Policy Framework to Understand Stakeholder Strategy and Effectiveness: A Multi-Case Analysis 150 8 Coalitions Are People: Policy Narratives and the Defeat of Ohio Senate Bill 5 176 9 Exploring the Policy Narratives and Politics of Hydraulic Fracturing in New York 204 10 The Governance of Social Innovation: Connecting Meso and Macro Levels of Analysis 225 11 Narrative Policy Framework: Contributions, Limitations, and Recommendations 253 12 Denouement? 265 Appendices 279 Author Bios 289 Index 293