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	Narrative Policy Framework	Multiple Streams Analysis
Ämnesområde	Public Policy	Public Policy
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	2010	1984
Upphovsperson	Michael D. Jones & Mark K. McBeth	John W. Kingdon
Typ	Theory of the policy process emphasising policy narratives	Theory of agenda setting and the policy process
Ursprungskälla	Jones, M. D., & McBeth, M. K. (2010). A narrative policy framework: Clear enough to be wrong? Policy Studies Journal, 38(2), 329–353.	Kingdon, J. W. (1984). Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. New York: Longman. ISBN: 9780321121851
Alias	NPF, Jones-McBeth Narrative Policy Framework, Policy Narrative Analysis	MSF, Multiple Streams Framework, Kingdon Multiple Streams, Policy Windows Analysis
Närliggande	4	4
Sammanfattning	The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) is a theory of the policy process, introduced by Michael D. Jones and Mark K. McBeth in 2010, that treats policy narratives as a measurable, central force in policymaking. Against the long-held view that narratives are purely subjective and beyond empirical study, the NPF holds that policy stories have an identifiable structure — setting, characters, plot and a moral or policy solution — and content shaped by belief systems, and that this structure can be coded and tested systematically. It studies how such narratives shape opinion and policy outcomes across the individual, group and cultural-institutional levels.	The Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) is a theory of agenda setting and policy change developed by John Kingdon in his 1984 book Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. It explains why some issues rise to prominence and some solutions are adopted while others languish, by modelling the policy process as three largely independent 'streams' — problems, policies, and politics — that flow through the system. Change becomes possible when these streams are joined together at a fleeting 'policy window', often through the efforts of a 'policy entrepreneur'. The framework emphasises ambiguity, timing and chance over orderly, rational problem-solving.