Storytelling and Policy Transfer

This article argues that policy narratives underpin the mechanisms driving policy transfers. It applies the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) to examine the policy narratives of the transfer agent and recipient, involved in the introduction of disaster risk reduction policy to West Africa. The articl...

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Main Author: Titilayo Soremi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2019-12-01
Series:International Review of Public Policy
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/irpp/485
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description This article argues that policy narratives underpin the mechanisms driving policy transfers. It applies the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) to examine the policy narratives of the transfer agent and recipient, involved in the introduction of disaster risk reduction policy to West Africa. The article analyses the narrative setting, character, plot and moral depicted by the actors in their policy narratives and explains how these narrative elements informed the observation of the transfer mechanism of obligation.
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spelling doaj.art-ba16942d959d400c8025be93f8239b082022-12-22T01:31:01ZengOpenEditionInternational Review of Public Policy2679-38732019-12-01119421710.4000/irpp.485Storytelling and Policy TransferTitilayo SoremiThis article argues that policy narratives underpin the mechanisms driving policy transfers. It applies the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) to examine the policy narratives of the transfer agent and recipient, involved in the introduction of disaster risk reduction policy to West Africa. The article analyses the narrative setting, character, plot and moral depicted by the actors in their policy narratives and explains how these narrative elements informed the observation of the transfer mechanism of obligation.http://journals.openedition.org/irpp/485West Africapolicy transferdisaster riskenergypolicy narratives
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Storytelling and Policy Transfer
International Review of Public Policy
West Africa
policy transfer
disaster risk
energy
policy narratives
title Storytelling and Policy Transfer
title_full Storytelling and Policy Transfer
title_fullStr Storytelling and Policy Transfer
title_full_unstemmed Storytelling and Policy Transfer
title_short Storytelling and Policy Transfer
title_sort storytelling and policy transfer
topic West Africa
policy transfer
disaster risk
energy
policy narratives
url http://journals.openedition.org/irpp/485
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