Narrative Policy Framework: Contributions, Limitations, and Recommendations

Narrative policy framework (NPF) is a relatively new framework that has become a common approach for understanding the role of stories in various aspects of public affairs. This edited volume provides an overview of the NPF, offers a comprehensive review of the applications to date, and consists of eight original empirical applications. The objectives of this chapter are to review the collection as a whole, assess some of the general contributions and limitations of the NPF, and offer constructive recommendations for advancing the research program.KeywordsPolicy ProcessCity CouncilPublic AffairWinning CoalitionPolicy SolutionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.