Mark K. McBeth is the co-author (with Randy S. Clemons, Mercyhurst College) of the widely adopted public policy analysis text Public Policy Praxis: A Case Approach for Understanding Policy and Analysis (New York: Longman, 2nd edition, 2009). His research from 2000-2011 focused on the impact of policy narratives in explaining public policy conflict and intractability. Much of this research used the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as case material for such conflict. The narrative research lead to the introduction of a Narrative Policy Framework as an explanatory theory of public policy formation, development, and implementation. Recently he has published research (with co-authors) on interest group lobby evolution, the relationship between citizenship literature and public policy framing, and how interest groups use indirect lobbying tactics over a decade. Currently, he is working on a study of how an interest group uses Youtube videos as a form of indirect lobbying.
Articles
Policy Narratives and Policy Processes (with Elizabeth A. Shanahan and Michael D. Jones), Policy Studies Journal (2011)
The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) has influenced a generation of policy scholars with its emphasis...
Narrative Policy Framework: The Power of Policy Narratives in Influencing Public Opinion (with Elizabeth A. Shanahan and Paul L. Hathaway), Politics & Policy (2011)
Policy narratives are pervasive in the policy arena with interest group letters, speeches, and media...
Narrative Policy Framework: Clear Enough to be Wrong? (with Michael D. Jones), Policy Studies Journal (2010)
Narratives are increasingly subject to empirical study in a wide variety of disciplines. However, in...
Buffalo Tales: Interest Group Policy Stories in Greater Yellowstone. (with Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Linda E. Tigert, Paul L. Hathaway, and Lynette J. Sampson), Policy Sciences (2010)
Wicked policy problems—those that resist resolution and continuously cycle through different administrative jurisdictions—are time consuming...
From Protests to Litigation to YouTube: A Longitudinal Case Study of Strategic Lobby Tactic Choice for the Buffalo Field Campaign. (with Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Linda Tigert, and Paul L. Hathaway), Social Science Journal (2010)
The interest group literature has long explored under what circumstances interest groups choose lobby tactics...
Books
Public Policy Praxis: A Case Approach for Understanding Policy and Analysis (with Randy S. Clemons) (2009)
Contributions to Books
Is the Fake News the Real News? The Significance of Stewart and Colbert on Democratic Discourse, Politics, and Policy (with Randy S. Clemons), The Stewart-Colbert Effect: Essays on the Real Impact of Fake News (2011)
"Is the Fake News the Real News? The Significance of Stewart and Colbert on Democratic...