Melissa K. Merry

Framing Environmental Disaster (eBook, ePUB)

Environmental Advocacy and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Based on a case study of the Gulf oil spill, this book develops a theory about how political actors strategically frame disasters in order to further their policy goals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136274114
• Artikelnr.: 40142530

Autorenporträt

Melissa K. Merry is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. Her research interests include environmental politics and policy, interest groups, and political communication. She has authored articles appearing in American Politics Research, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, and Environmental Politics, among other journals.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Blame Attribution and the Policy Process. 2. Blame-Casting: When Blame
Precedes Wrongdoing. 3. Casting a Wide Net of Blame. 4. Policy Solutions
Following Disaster. 5. Group Characteristics and Framing Strategies. 6.
Blame-Casting in Multiple Media. 7. Impacts of Blame-Casting: Policy
Responses to the Gulf Oil Spill. 8. Conclusions.