Introduction—Stories of the old world: The Narrative Policy Framework in the European context

Stauffer, Bettina; Kuenzler, Johanna

doi:10.1002/epa2.1128

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“…This explorative study probes our expectations of how ECIs construct their policy narratives, as put forward in the previous section. To achieve this, we concentrated on the following dimensions, which deviate from other empirical applications of the NPF (see, e.g., Bandelow & Hornung, 2019; Stauffer & Kuenzler; Vogeler et al., 2021) to account for the specific case under investigation: Characters (include beneficiaries, heroes, victims, and villains) Cost‐benefit frames (diffusion or concentration of costs and benefits) Evidence (referral to evidence for claims) …”

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Constructing policy narratives for transnational mobilization: Insights from European Citizens’ Initiatives

Tosun

Schaub

2021

European Policy Analysis

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One of the European Union (EU) institutions’ responses to the alleged “democratic deficit” in the EU is the introduction of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). The ECI provides an agenda‐setting tool accessible to different advocacy groups. This study investigates the narrative strategies of ECI organizers to mobilize citizens across the EU. Which storytelling characteristics are present in the policy narratives used by ECIs? To address this question theoretically, we rely on the Narrative Policy Framework. Empirically, we examine 59 ECIs registered between 2012 and 2020. The analysis concentrates on three dimensions of policy narratives: the mentioning of (i) story characters and (ii) cost‐benefit frames as forms of narrative strategy to increase public attention, and (iii) evidence as a means of persuasion. Our findings show that ECIs predominantly make use of the devil shift in their policy narratives and use cost‐benefit frames and evidence to expand the scope of conflict.

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Constructing policy narratives for transnational mobilization: Insights from European Citizens’ Initiatives

Tosun

Schaub

2021

European Policy Analysis

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“…Its key assertions hold that, firstly, policy narratives have a common form, consisting of “precise narrative elements” (Shanahan, Jones, McBeth & Radaelli, 2018, 175), and, secondly, their content can be generalized by studying narrative strategies and policy beliefs (ibid., 177). The NPF has ignited a remarkably active research community, alongside (predominantly) quantitative also including qualitative research (Gray & Jones, 2016), yet—as Stauffer and Kuenzler (2021) also highlight—moving rather slowly to the European community of policy scholars (but see, e.g., Hildbrand et al., 2020; Weiss, 2020).…”

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Narrative plots for regulatory, distributive, and redistributive policies

Kuhlmann

Blum

2021

European Policy Analysis

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The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has ignited a remarkably active research community, one of its main contributions being distinct narrative elements—including settings, characters, and plots. Yet, while the plot constitutes a core element of narrativity, it has received less attention vis‐à‐vis other narrative components. Existing classifications of plots have been proven to possess a great ability to capture “universal” policy stories, but not the specific variations of different types of policies. This article presents a typology of plots by linking their universal and policy‐specific themes, thereby theorizing from Lowi's seminal typology of regulatory, distributive, and redistributive policies. Empirically, it focuses on the political communication of Germany's policy responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Policy narratives were mined from Twitter and from governmental press conferences (March–June 2020). The qualitative NPF analysis demonstrates that the identified plots—restricting‐to‐control, liberating‐to‐promote, providing‐to‐promote, giving‐to‐give, and giving‐to‐promote—can grasp different regulatory, distributive, and redistributive policies as well as their variety.

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“…At the intersection of these conflicts lies the subject of our first contribution: the development of public transport in Moscow (Uldanov et al, 2021). The interest of the paper is more general: it follows on from EPA's most recent special issue (Stauffer & Kuenzler, 2021) and uses the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) for an analysis of European policy processes. Like the contribution by Schlaufer et al (2021), it ventures into the particular conditions of authoritarian politics in Moscow's local politics.…”

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Political conflicts and surprising policy outcomes in times of crisis

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Hornung

Sager

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Introduction—Stories of the old world: The Narrative Policy Framework in the European context

Cited by 19 publications

References 23 publications

Constructing policy narratives for transnational mobilization: Insights from European Citizens’ Initiatives

Constructing policy narratives for transnational mobilization: Insights from European Citizens’ Initiatives

Narrative plots for regulatory, distributive, and redistributive policies

Political conflicts and surprising policy outcomes in times of crisis

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