Narrative and frame analysis: Disentangling and refining two close relatives by means of a large infrastructural technology case

Social science literature frequently conflates the concepts "narrative" and "frame." We argue not only that using the terms interchangeably is conceptually imprecise but also that analyses based on them actually produce different kinds of knowledge. A systematic disentanglement, contrast and refinement of both concepts benefits from a...

A narrative perspective on institutional work in environmental governance – insights from a beach nourishment case study in Sweden

Institutional work offers a promising lens for understanding institutional change, focusing on the efforts of actors in creating, maintaining or disrupting institutions. In this paper, we explore the capacity of a narrative approach to provide insights on institutional work, using a case study from the coast of Sweden. We identify four...

Narrative perspectives on the development of coastal pilot projects

Pilot projects are favoured instruments for exploring and perhaps realising<br/>policy change. The challenges that coastal policy faces, the frequency with<br/>which pilot projects are implemented, and the criticisms regarding their<br/>efficacy make it interesting and relevant to study pilot projects in this policy<br/>field. This dissertation...

A narrative method for learning from innovative coastal projects – Biographies of the Sand Engine

The cyclic nature of integrated coastal management embodies a learning-based approach. Pilot projects in particular have an explicit learning objective. Whereas learning from (changing) physical aspects is often part of the monitoring and evaluation phase within the ICM cycle, learning from the experiences of people is not structurally...

Coastal erosion and beach nourishment in Scania as issues in Swedish coastal policy

This paper discusses the dynamics of coastal policy change in Sweden, using erosion and beach nourishments as an example. The Multiple Stream Model is a theoretical model on agenda setting and policy change developed by the political scientist John Kingdon (1984, 2003). This paper applies Kingdon’s model in describing and explaining coastal...

P-T history and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Jinshuikou group, Eastern Kunlun Mountains, Qinghai, China

The Kunlun Mountains, located along the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai, Western China play an important role in the collision history between Eurasia and India. However, not much research has been done on both metamorphic P-T conditions and geochronology. A combined P-T modelling and 40Ar/39Ar dating study on the Jinshuikou...