Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Science, stories and the anti-vaccination movement

Science, stories and the anti-vaccination movement Abstract This paper discusses the theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the use or non-use of expert-based information in policy-making. Special attention is paid to the Narrative Policy Framework introduced by Jones & McBeth in 2010. This theory of the policy process adopts a quantitative, structuralist and positivist approach to the study of policy narratives. The Narrative Policy Framework is useful for the analysis of the use of expert-based information to resolve so-called wicked problems, which are characterized by intense value-based conflict between policy coalitions. The methodological approach of the Narrative Policy Framework is illustrated using the policy issue of mandatory vaccination. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Affairs de Gruyter

Science, stories and the anti-vaccination movement

Veselková, Marcela
Human Affairs , Volume 24 (3) – Jul 1, 2014
Download PDF
12 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/de-gruyter/science-stories-and-the-anti-vaccination-movement-NHe8MgN0IK
Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 by the
eISSN
1337-401X
DOI
10.2478/s13374-014-0227-8
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Abstract This paper discusses the theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the use or non-use of expert-based information in policy-making. Special attention is paid to the Narrative Policy Framework introduced by Jones & McBeth in 2010. This theory of the policy process adopts a quantitative, structuralist and positivist approach to the study of policy narratives. The Narrative Policy Framework is useful for the analysis of the use of expert-based information to resolve so-called wicked problems, which are characterized by intense value-based conflict between policy coalitions. The methodological approach of the Narrative Policy Framework is illustrated using the policy issue of mandatory vaccination.

Journal

Human Affairs – de Gruyter

Published: Jul 1, 2014

There are no references for this article.