Stories in the agenda: a Narrative Policy Framework study

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues Neto, Damasio Duval
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Barcelos, Márcio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/82403
• topic: narrative policy framework; policy analysis; agenda setting; affirmative action; narrative policy framework; análise de políticas públicas; formação de agenda; ações afirmativas; narrative policy framework; análisis de políticas; formación de agenda; acciones afirmativas

This study applies the “Narrative Policy Framework” (NPF) to the affirmative action policy process of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) and proposes theoretical intersection between the NPF and agenda setting literature, seeking to find out the role of policy narratives in policy processes. NPF is an empiric-oriented framework that posits that the policy-makers’ stories have generalizable components and are built and crafted in accordance to their ideas. These are policy narratives, and are at the center of the policy process. By analyzing formulation stages of public policy and referring to ideas and narratives, the NPF refers to the agenda setting literature and provides means for empirical research of agenda setting concepts. The study undertook analysis of regulatory outputs and semi-structured interviews. Findings indicate that policy narratives have affected institutional regulatory outputs regarding UFPel’s affirmative action policies.