The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) has influenced a generation of policy scholars with its emphasis...

Policy narratives are pervasive in the policy arena with interest group letters, speeches, and media...

Narratives are increasingly subject to empirical study in a wide variety of disciplines. However, in...

Wicked policy problems—those that resist resolution and continuously cycle through different administrative jurisdictions—are time consuming...

The interest group literature has long explored under what circumstances interest groups choose lobby tactics...

Over the past two decades, public policy professors have been confronted with a choice to...

Recent studies have explored the dimensions of duty-based versus engaged citizenship. These studies assert that...

The policy change literature is contradictory about the role the media plays in policy change:...

Narrative policy analysis and policy change theory rarely intersect in the literature. This research proposes...

This study of Greater Yellowstone interest groups uses a mixed methodology that addresses methodological criticisms...

This article develops a macro-level theory of framing to explain the intractable or wicked nature...

Extractive commodity theory suggests that rural communities’ transformation from “Old West” to “New West” economies...

This research uses an alternative economic composition methodology that classifies 52 Idaho rural communities. This...

A survey was mailed to elected officials (mayors and city council) from a sample of...

This article provides a group process for teaching an organizational theory class. The teaching strategy...

Much has been written about public support or opposition to the siting of hazardous waste...

Despite the fact that rural communities have the most to gain and lose in matters...

A national sample of 305 rural development administrators was used to define "green" rural development...

Environmental preservation and economic development are two issues that divide the rural community. Rural areas...

Two frequent beliefs about rural environmental attitudes are examined conceptually and empirically: (1) the common...

Discusses the use of surveys in the rural economic planning process. Quality of life section;...

Presents a philosophical and theoretical critique of community development's transformation into economic development. Introduces a...

"Is the Fake News the Real News? The Significance of Stewart and Colbert on Democratic...