To better understand how the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is applied, this article
catalogues and analyzes 161 applications of the ACF from 2007 to 2014. Building on a …

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 …

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 …

There is, in the twenty-first century, an intense interest in the nature of wicked problems and
the complex tasks of identifying their scope, viable responses, and appropriate mechanisms …

With its relatively high immigration levels and comparatively favorable public opinion,
Canada is often seen as a bastion of support for immigrants and refugees. We argue that …

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 …

The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) has influenced a generation of policy scholars
with its emphasis on causal drivers, testable hypotheses, and falsification. Until recently, the …

N arrative P olicy F ramework (NPF) is a new and maturing theory of the policy process that
takes a systematic, scientific approach to understanding the social construction of policy …

1. Setting: Policy narratives always have something to do with policy problems and are
situated in specific policy contexts. As such, the setting of a policy narrative consists of policy …

You will stir up little controversy by asserting that human beings are storytelling animals. We
all have at least a rough accounting of what a story is. Stories progress from beginnings …