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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.

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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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