Social Construction
PCF
Multiple Streams
NPF
ACF
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The author(s) who wrote the article, "The Social Construction of Target Populations".

Who is Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram?

1

The author that states that there are four main concepts of conflict. 

Who is E.E. Schattschneider (Schatt)? 
1

The theorist credited for creating the Multiple Streams Approach. 

Who is John W Kingdon?

1

The backronym for the acronym NPF. 

What is Narrative Policy Framework? 

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Actors that coalesce around similar beliefs and engage in coordinated action towards a policy goal.

What is advocacy coalitions?

2

The four types of target populations.

What is the Advantaged, Contenders, Dependents, and Deviants? 
2

* DAILY DOUBLE *

The scholar who formally developed the PCF.

Who is Christopher Weible?

2

These are the three streams of the MSA.

What is the problem stream, the political and stream and the policy/solutions stream?
2

This was cited as less important than narrative for influencing policy decisions.

What is Evidence? 

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The set of actors (organizations and individuals) invested and involved in a specific policy problem or policy debate.

What is a policy subsystem?

3

The most common subtype example of a deviant.

What is a criminal? 

3

The four main concepts of conflict. 

What is Intensity, Visibility, Direction, and Scope?

3

The fleeting moment when streams converge.

What is the policy window?

3

The four components of a narrative. 

What is the setting, characters, plot, and moral of the story? 

3

Beliefs that are values, commitments, and preferences regarding a policy issue; also called the glue of advocacy coalitions. 

What are policy core beliefs? 

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The "Contenders" group often receives symbolic versions of these. 

What is Burdens?

4

Of the four main concepts of conflict, this one is argued as the most determinant/important. 

What is Scope?

4

* DAILY DOUBLE *

Defined as an unexpected moment in time that magnifies the problem stream. 

What is a Focusing Event? 

4

The three levels of NPF analysis.

What are Micro, Meso, and Macro?

4

Basic convictions and values that apply across policy subsystems; a common example is religious faith.

What is deep core beliefs? 

5

The two axes used to categorize groups in the target populations matrix. 

What is social construction (positive/negative perception) and political power? 
5

The framework that argues that belief change is essential for overcoming policy conflicts. 

What is the ACF?

5

The most important component of the policy/solution stream. 

What is Feasibility?
5

This is the most discussed strategy of the NPF.

What is Devil - Angel Shift?

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When policy actors tend to perceive their opponents as more malicious and powerful than they really are.

What is "Devil Shift"?