Narrating plastics governance: policy narratives in the European plastics strategy

Both significant progress and profound backlash have occurred in the inclusion of sexual and gender diversity across eastern and southern Africa. This includes the decriminalization of homosexuality in Mozambique in 2015 and the introduction of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (later annulled) in Uganda in the preceding year. Simultaneously there is increased pressure on Ministries of Education to engage more robustly with sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) education in education systems across the region. Emerging regional research points to a narrow, heteronormative focus in comprehensive sexuality education; access barriers to sexual and reproductive health services; and pervasive school-related gender-based violence, including homophobic and transphobic violence. Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a key role in developing best practice in advancing the SRHR of sexual and gender minority youth and are therefore a valuable resource for government SRHR policies and programmatic responses. The regional SRHR education policy landscape is underpinned by two policy narratives: that of young people’s SRHR as a public health concern and a focus on young people’s human rights. These policy narratives not only underpin SRHR policy in the region but also in many instances are drawn on in CSO advocacy when positioning the SRHR of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) young people as an important policy concern. These two dominant policy narratives, however, have a narrow focus on young people’s risks and vulnerabilities, may inadvertently perpetuate stigma and marginalization of LGBTQI youth, and may limit youth voice and agency. These narratives also do not sufficiently engage local sociocultural and structural conditions that drive negative SRHR outcomes for young people in the region. Research, advocacy, and policy development toward the full realization of the SRHR of sexual and gender minority youth can address some of the limitations of health and rights-based policy narratives by drawing on a sexual and reproductive justice framework. Such a framework expands the policy focus on health risks and individual rights to include engagement with sociocultural and structural constraints on young people’s ability to exercise their rights. A sexual and reproductive justice framework provides a more robust toolkit when working toward full inclusion of sexual and gender diversity in regional school-based SRHR policy and programs.

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From Brexit to VOX: Populist Policy Narratives about Rurality in Europe and the Populist Challenges for the Rural‐Urban Divide*

Rural Sociology ◽

10.1111/ruso.12410 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Diana E. Valero

Keyword(s):

Policy Narratives

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Local media coverage of wildfire disasters: An analysis of problems and solutions in policy narratives

Environment and Planning C Politics and Space ◽

10.1177/0263774x16667302 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. 849-871 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Deserai A Crow ◽

John Berggren ◽

Lydia A Lawhon ◽

Elizabeth A Koebele ◽

Adrianne Kroepsch ◽

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Keyword(s):

Media Coverage ◽

Local Media ◽

Policy Narratives ◽

Problems And Solutions

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Policy narratives: the perlocutionary agents of political discourse

Critical Policy Studies ◽

10.1080/19460171.2020.1816483 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 488-501

Author(s):

Hugh T. Miller

Keyword(s):

Political Discourse ◽

Policy Narratives

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Do policy makers tell good stories? Towards a multi-layered framework for mapping and analysing policy narratives embracing futures

Futures ◽

10.1016/j.futures.2018.05.003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 101 ◽

pp. 10-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michał Miedziński

Keyword(s):

Policy Makers ◽

Policy Narratives

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Beyond policy narratives: exploring the role of pedagogical beliefs in classroom practices of secondary school Civics and Ethical Education teachers

Smart Learning Environments ◽

10.1186/s40561-021-00171-w ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Alemayehu Habte ◽

Alemayehu Bishaw ◽

Meskerem Lechissa

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Classroom Practice ◽

Classroom Practices ◽

Teaching Practice ◽

Addis Ababa ◽

Pedagogical Beliefs ◽

Ethical Education ◽

Policy Narratives

AbstractIn Ethiopia, secondary school Civics and Ethical Education has been offered to students with prime objective of producing competent and rational citizens. While policy narratives advocate constructivist pedagogy for achieving this goal of the curriculum, the reality on the ground hints that the subject is far behind achieving its stated goal. In line with this, teachers’ role in implementing the curriculum cannot be understated. Teachers are policy actors who implement the official curriculum. Their classroom practice; however, is largely dependent on their pedagogical beliefs. To this end, this study aimed at examining the role of secondary school Civics and Ethical Education teachers’ pedagogical beliefs in their perceived classroom practices vis-à-vis selected demographic variables. The study was conducted using correlational design participating 324 Civics and Ethical Education teachers from 43 government and private secondary schools in Addis Ababa city. Two-way multivariate analysis of variance and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The regression analysis revealed that teachers' pedagogical beliefs explained 45.8% of the variance in classroom practice. Teachers were also found to have strong constructivist belief, even though they do not completely reject traditional belief per se. Their constructivist practice is; however, below the expected level, suggesting the interplay of contextual factor(s) which should be further studied. The findings implied the need to redefine continuous professional programs with emphasis on reflective teaching practice and improve climate of secondary schools.

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Polish Climate Policy Narratives: Uniqueness, Alternative Pathways, and Nascent Polarisation

Politics and Governance ◽

10.17645/pag.v9i3.4349 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 391-400 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katja Biedenkopf

Keyword(s):

Climate Policy ◽

Alternative Pathway ◽

Right Wing ◽

Climate Politics ◽

Alternative Pathways ◽

Policy Narratives ◽

Continued Use ◽

The One ◽

The Right ◽

The Eu

European Union (EU) climate politics have polarised over the past decade. Poland especially stands out as the EU member state that has most vehemently opposed numerous decisions to increase the EU’s level of ambition, stirring some turbulence in EU climate politics. Yet, with the publication of the European Green Deal (EGD) in 2019, the European Commission has likewise created turbulence in the Polish parliament’s climate debate. This article analyses those debates and identifies three distinct policy narratives: Poland is in a unique situation, Poland pursues an alternative pathway, and climate policy endangers competitiveness. The alternative pathway narrative, which advocates for the continued use of coal while capturing emissions, faded at roughly the same time when the EGD was proposed at the EU level. Simultaneously, the unique situation narrative, which calls for recognition of Poland’s uniqueness in combination with increased (financial) support, became stronger. The analysis confirms the dominance of the governing party’s narratives, but contrary to previous studies, detects nascent polarisation on climate policy between the right-wing political parties, on the one hand, and the centre-right and centre-left parties, on the other.

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