The American Review of Public Administration· 2014Q1
From Policy “Frames” to “Framing”
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This paper develops policy analytic framing as a dynamic process, moving beyond static 'frame analysis' to better understand policy-making as a political activity.
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Key points
- Policy analytic framing is presented as a dynamic process, distinct from static frame analysis.
- Key aspects of framing include sense-making, selection, naming, categorization, and storytelling.
- The approach integrates frame-makers' identities and meta-communicative framing of policy processes.
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Abstract
The concept of frames or framing, especially cast as “frame analysis,” has an established history in public policy. Taking off from the work of Donald Schön and Martin Rein, we develop the idea of policy analytic fram ing, the more dynamic of the two terms, in ways that strengthen what we see as its promise for a more process-oriented and politically sensitive understanding of the activities it is used to characterize. We argue that such an approach needs to engage the following aspects of the work that framing does: sense-making; selecting, naming, and categorizing; and storytelling. In addition, frame theorizing needs to engage not only the way issues are framed but also the intertwining of framing and frame-makers’ identities, and the meta-communicative framing of policy processes.
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Field: Public Administration
Public AdministrationSocial Sciences