TY - JOUR
T1 - Framing the Zone
T2 - Political Executives Engaging in a Narrative-Framing Contest During Strategic Decision-making
AU - Merkus, Sander
AU - de Heer, Jaap
AU - Veenswijk, Marcel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2014/10/20
Y1 - 2014/10/20
N2 - Storytelling is regarded as an important practice within planning processes. Seminal contributions (Throgmorton, 1992, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 12, pp. 17–31; Flyvbjerg, 1998, Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press) as well as recent research (Jensen, 2007, Planning Theory, 6, pp. 211–236; van Hulst, 2012, Planning Theory, 11, pp. 299–318) demonstrate that there are multiple competing stories about the meaning of any specific plan. This paper contributes to this debate by considering stories as building blocks for a collective action frame in the form of a mutual story. Political executives engage in a framing contest in order to influence such a mutual story. Our case study is based on interpretative analysis of contrasting narratives ands shows how political executives negotiate the meaning of a plan in such a way that the chances of its implementation through funding are optimized.
AB - Storytelling is regarded as an important practice within planning processes. Seminal contributions (Throgmorton, 1992, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 12, pp. 17–31; Flyvbjerg, 1998, Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press) as well as recent research (Jensen, 2007, Planning Theory, 6, pp. 211–236; van Hulst, 2012, Planning Theory, 11, pp. 299–318) demonstrate that there are multiple competing stories about the meaning of any specific plan. This paper contributes to this debate by considering stories as building blocks for a collective action frame in the form of a mutual story. Political executives engage in a framing contest in order to influence such a mutual story. Our case study is based on interpretative analysis of contrasting narratives ands shows how political executives negotiate the meaning of a plan in such a way that the chances of its implementation through funding are optimized.
KW - collective action frame
KW - decision-making
KW - framing
KW - narrative
KW - story telling
KW - strategic planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84912088449&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02697459.2014.976999
DO - 10.1080/02697459.2014.976999
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84912088449
SN - 0269-7459
VL - 29
SP - 569
EP - 584
JO - Planning Practice and Research
JF - Planning Practice and Research
IS - 5
ER -