This chapter provides an overview of one framework that can help answer the questions: the
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Over the last two decades many alternate theories of the policy process have been
developed. This essay covers recent scholarship (from 2008 to 2010) regarding the major …

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 …

Abstract Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly proposed in international
environmental governance settings to address the interlinked crises of climate change …

A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

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 …

A policy process framework that has been developed to simplify the complexity of public
policy is the advocacy coalition framework (ACF). This essay reports on an analysis of 80 …