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Michael D Jones - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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how to conduct a narrative Policy Framework study
Social Science Journal, 2018Co-Authors: Elizabeth A Shanahan, Michael D Jones, Mark K McbethAbstract:Abstract The Narrative Policy Framework has a growing number of researchers seeking to apply the Framework in Policy process scholarship. This article is intended to assist those interested in conducting an NPF study that is ‘clear enough to be wrong’ (Sabatier, 2000). While graduate programs offer critical methodological training, this article focuses on the specific application of the NPF to research inquiries about the role of Policy narratives in the Policy process. We approach our discussion by examining various decisions in the research process and include a detailed discussion of specifying the model and obtaining narrative data. We also point out areas for further investigation.
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a qualitative narrative Policy Framework examining the Policy narratives of us campaign finance regulatory reform
Public Policy and Administration, 2016Co-Authors: Garry C Gray, Michael D JonesAbstract:In 2010, the narrative Policy Framework was introduced as a positivist, quantitative, and structuralist approach to the study of Policy narratives. Deviating from this central tenet of the narrativ...
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a qualitative narrative Policy Framework examining the Policy narratives of us campaign finance regulatory reform
Public Policy and Administration, 2016Co-Authors: Garry C Gray, Michael D JonesAbstract:In 2010, the narrative Policy Framework was introduced as a positivist, quantitative, and structuralist approach to the study of Policy narratives. Deviating from this central tenet of the narrative Policy Framework, in this article we show that the Framework is quite compatible with qualitative methods—and the various epistemologies associated with them. To demonstrate compatibility between qualitative methods and the Narrative Policy Framework, we apply classic qualitative criteria to an illustrative case examining Policy narratives in US campaign finance reform. Drawing on elite interviews, we illuminate competing Policy narratives rooted in distinct democratic values that exhibit variation in how victims and harm are defined, how blame is attributed to villains, what Policy solutions are put forth, and Policy narrative communication strategies. Our incorporation of qualitative methods within the narrative Policy Framework is critical for the Framework's overall development as it provides opportunities...
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the narrative Policy Framework child or monster
Critical Policy Studies, 2015Co-Authors: Michael D Jones, Claudio M RadaelliAbstract:Recent critiques of the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) have described the Framework as a hybrid – and perhaps contradictory – platform using postpositivist theory in the service of positivistic methods. While the NPF has done much to advance what one might term its positivist hypotheses-testing orientation, the ongoing relationship between the NPF and its postpositive, interpretative foundation is – to date – unclear. This article explores the relationship between the NPF and interpretivism. In our exploration, we detail NPF dimensions of ontology, epistemology, socio-theoretic choice, disciplinary boundaries, generalizing versus particularizing styles and normativity, as these dimensions relate to interpretivism. We find the NPF and interpretivism to be quite compatible along our analyzed dimensions – albeit with major epistemological differences. We conclude with a discussion outlining what the NPF has to offer interpretivism and what interpretivism has to offer the NPF.
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the narrative Policy Framework
2014Co-Authors: Elizabeth A Shanahan, Michael D Jones, Mark K Mcbeth, Claudio M RadaelliAbstract:This chapter aims to detail the narrative Policy Framework (NPF) in an effort to provide a means by which Policy researchers in a variety of contexts can advance scientific discoveries surrounding our central research question. Narrative strategies are used in an attempt to influence the Policy process. The NPF identifies operational measures of Policy beliefs through narrative elements such as characters and other symbolic, metaphorical, or contextual means by which collective understandings of the Policy are generated. The NPF assumes that Policy narratives operate simultaneously at three levels of analysis such as Microlevel NPF, Mesolevel NPF and Macrolevel NPF. The chapter addresses four new directions in NPF research, which include comparative public Policy approaches, use of evidence, validation of digital media as a source of narrative data, and a new proposition regarding Policy narrative learning in the context of Policy change.
John M Kennedy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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information technology and aerospace knowledge diffusion exploring the intermediary end user interface in a Policy Framework
Internet Research, 1992Co-Authors: Thomas E Pinelli, Rebecca O Barclay, Ann Peterson Bishop, John M KennedyAbstract:Federal attempts to stimulate technological innovation have been unsuccessful because of the application of an inappropriate Policy Framework that lacks conceptual and empirical knowledge of the process of technological innovation and fails to acknowledge the relationship between knowledge production, transfer, and use as equally important components of the process of knowledge diffusion. This article argues that the potential contributions of high‐speed computing and networking systems will be diminished unless empirically derived knowledge about the information‐seeking behavior of the members of the social system is incorporated into a new Policy Framework. Findings from the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project are presented in support of this assertion.
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nasa dod aerospace knowledge diffusion research project xxiii information technology and aerospace knowledge diffusion exploring the intermediary end user interface in a Policy Framework
Electronic Networking, 1992Co-Authors: Thomas E Pinelli, Rebecca O Barclay, Ann Peterson Bishop, John M KennedyAbstract:Federal attempts to stimulate technological innovation have been unsuccessful because of the application of an inappropriate Policy Framework that lacks conceptual and empirical knowledge of the process of technological innovation and fails to acknowledge the relationship between knowled reproduction, transfer, and use as equally important components of the process of knowledge diffusion. It is argued that the potential contributions of high-speed computing and networking systems will be diminished unless empirically derived knowledge about the information-seeking behavior of the members of the social system is incorporated into a new Policy Framework. Findings from the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project are presented in support of this assertion.
Thomas E Pinelli - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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information technology and aerospace knowledge diffusion exploring the intermediary end user interface in a Policy Framework
Internet Research, 1992Co-Authors: Thomas E Pinelli, Rebecca O Barclay, Ann Peterson Bishop, John M KennedyAbstract:Federal attempts to stimulate technological innovation have been unsuccessful because of the application of an inappropriate Policy Framework that lacks conceptual and empirical knowledge of the process of technological innovation and fails to acknowledge the relationship between knowledge production, transfer, and use as equally important components of the process of knowledge diffusion. This article argues that the potential contributions of high‐speed computing and networking systems will be diminished unless empirically derived knowledge about the information‐seeking behavior of the members of the social system is incorporated into a new Policy Framework. Findings from the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project are presented in support of this assertion.
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nasa dod aerospace knowledge diffusion research project xxiii information technology and aerospace knowledge diffusion exploring the intermediary end user interface in a Policy Framework
Electronic Networking, 1992Co-Authors: Thomas E Pinelli, Rebecca O Barclay, Ann Peterson Bishop, John M KennedyAbstract:Federal attempts to stimulate technological innovation have been unsuccessful because of the application of an inappropriate Policy Framework that lacks conceptual and empirical knowledge of the process of technological innovation and fails to acknowledge the relationship between knowled reproduction, transfer, and use as equally important components of the process of knowledge diffusion. It is argued that the potential contributions of high-speed computing and networking systems will be diminished unless empirically derived knowledge about the information-seeking behavior of the members of the social system is incorporated into a new Policy Framework. Findings from the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project are presented in support of this assertion.
Vincenzo Motola - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Renewable energy Policy Framework and bioenergy contribution in the European Union - An overview from National Renewable Energy Action Plans and Progress Reports
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015Co-Authors: Nicolae Scarlat, Fabio Monforti-ferrario, Manjola Banja, Jean Francois Dallemand, Vincenzo MotolaAbstract:Abstract The use of renewable energy is projected to increase substantially in the European Union to reach a share of 20% in final energy consumption and 10% renewable energy in transport by 2020. The renewable energy contribution is further expected to increase to 55%-75% of gross final energy consumption in 2050. According to the latest reports, the European Union has made significant progress since 2005 and is on track to reach its 2020 renewable energy targets. This paper provides a review of the Policy Framework for renewable energy in the European Union and an analysis of the progress made by the use of renewable energy as well as the expected developments until 2020 and beyond. It focusses on the contribution of bioenergy, the major source among renewables in the European Union. As biomass availability is a critical issue for the bioenergy production, this paper provides an analysis of the biomass demand for reaching the 2020 targets, in relation with the expected domestic supply and biomass potential.
Mark K Mcbeth - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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how to conduct a narrative Policy Framework study
Social Science Journal, 2018Co-Authors: Elizabeth A Shanahan, Michael D Jones, Mark K McbethAbstract:Abstract The Narrative Policy Framework has a growing number of researchers seeking to apply the Framework in Policy process scholarship. This article is intended to assist those interested in conducting an NPF study that is ‘clear enough to be wrong’ (Sabatier, 2000). While graduate programs offer critical methodological training, this article focuses on the specific application of the NPF to research inquiries about the role of Policy narratives in the Policy process. We approach our discussion by examining various decisions in the research process and include a detailed discussion of specifying the model and obtaining narrative data. We also point out areas for further investigation.
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the narrative Policy Framework
2014Co-Authors: Elizabeth A Shanahan, Michael D Jones, Mark K Mcbeth, Claudio M RadaelliAbstract:This chapter aims to detail the narrative Policy Framework (NPF) in an effort to provide a means by which Policy researchers in a variety of contexts can advance scientific discoveries surrounding our central research question. Narrative strategies are used in an attempt to influence the Policy process. The NPF identifies operational measures of Policy beliefs through narrative elements such as characters and other symbolic, metaphorical, or contextual means by which collective understandings of the Policy are generated. The NPF assumes that Policy narratives operate simultaneously at three levels of analysis such as Microlevel NPF, Mesolevel NPF and Macrolevel NPF. The chapter addresses four new directions in NPF research, which include comparative public Policy approaches, use of evidence, validation of digital media as a source of narrative data, and a new proposition regarding Policy narrative learning in the context of Policy change.
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the science of stories applications of the narrative Policy Framework in public Policy analysis
2014Co-Authors: Michael D Jones, Elizabeth A Shanahan, Mark K McbethAbstract: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
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a narrative Policy Framework clear enough to be wrong
Policy Studies Journal, 2010Co-Authors: Michael D Jones, Mark K McbethAbstract:Narratives are increasingly subject to empirical study in a wide variety of disciplines. However, in public Policy, narratives are thought of almost exclusively as a poststructural concept outside the realm of empirical study. In this paper, after reviewing the major literature on narratives, we argue that Policy narratives can be studied using systematic empirical approaches and introduce a “Narrative Policy Framework” (NPF) for elaboration and empirical testing. The NPF defines narrative structure and narrative content. We then discuss narrative at the micro level of analysis and examine how narratives impact individual attitudes and hence aggregate public opinion. Similarly, we examine strategies for the studying of group and elite behavior using the NPF. We conclude with seven hypotheses for researchers interested in elaborating the Framework.
