Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Sinha, M.
Author-Name-Last: Sinha
Author-Name-First: Manisha
Author-Name: Gasper, D.R.
Author-Name-Last: Gasper
Author-Name-First: Des
Title: How can power discourses be changed?
Abstract: Social policy impact is partly determined by how policy is articulated and
 advocated, including which values are highlighted and how. We examine the
 influence of policy framing and reframing on outcomes, with particular
 reference to policies of the Delhi state government in India that target the
 practices of female feticide, infanticide and neglect that underlie the ‘daughter
 deficit’. Using Snow and Benford’s categories for understanding reframing
 processes, the paper outlines and applies a ‘model’ of reframing disputed
 issues, derived from looking at two famous campaigns – Gandhi’s 1930 Salt
 March in the struggle for Indian freedom from British rule and the African-
 American civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 60s. It argues that ‘carrot and
 stick’ policy measures, such as financial incentives and legal prohibitions, to
 counteract the ‘daughter deficit’ must be complemented by well crafted
 discursive interventions.
Creation-Date: 2010-02-01
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/19672/wp%20493.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:euriss
Keywords: Gandhi Salt March, Martin Luther King, Policy framing and re-framing, policy tools, ‘daughter deficit’ in India
Handle: RePEc:ems:euriss:19672