Buffalo tales : interest group policy stories in Greater Yellowstone
By: MCBETH, Mark K
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Contributor(s): SHANAHAN, Elizabeth A | HATHAWAY, Paul L | TIGERT, Linda E | SAMPSON, Lynette J.
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ArticlePublisher: Netherlands : Springer, dec. 2010Subject(s): Negociação | Grupo de Pressão | Estudo de Caso | Estados UnidosPolicy Sciences 43, 4, p. 391-409Abstract: Wicked policy problemsthose that resist resolution and continuously cycle through different administrative jurisdictionsare time-consuming for the practitioner and expensive. In these wicked policy environs, interest group narratives contribute to this intractability through the continued construction of a policy losers tale. Central to our study is the analysis of group maturation with that of policy narrative elements. We explore whether there is a relationship between lobby tactics, financial resources, and professionalization of authorship of narratives and policy narrative elements. We content analyze the policy stories of the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) over a 10-year period (19992008), using the Yellowstone National Park bison and brucellosis controversy as case material and track how this new interest groups fundamental policy story has changed over the course of its lifespan. As demonstrated through their choice of lobby tactics, the group does evolve from an unconventional to a conventional interest group, with two out of three of their constructed policy beliefs remaining unchanged and their political tactics consistently focusing on spinning the losers tale aimed at expanding the policy arena. Suggestions on the importance of this work to scientists, administrators, and academics are included.
Wicked policy problemsthose that resist resolution and continuously cycle through different administrative jurisdictionsare time-consuming for the practitioner and expensive. In these wicked policy environs, interest group narratives contribute to this intractability through the continued construction of a policy losers tale. Central to our study is the analysis of group maturation with that of policy narrative elements. We explore whether there is a relationship between lobby tactics, financial resources, and professionalization of authorship of narratives and policy narrative elements. We content analyze the policy stories of the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) over a 10-year period (19992008), using the Yellowstone National Park bison and brucellosis controversy as case material and track how this new interest groups fundamental policy story has changed over the course of its lifespan. As demonstrated through their choice of lobby tactics, the group does evolve from an unconventional to a conventional interest group, with two out of three of their constructed policy beliefs remaining unchanged and their political tactics consistently focusing on spinning the losers tale aimed at expanding the policy arena. Suggestions on the importance of this work to scientists, administrators, and academics are included.
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