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Policy Frames and Ethical Traditions
Author(s) -
Zundel Alan
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00521.x
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , rhetoric , ideology , legislation , agrarian society , political science , sociology , public administration , political economy , law and economics , positive economics , law , economics , politics , agriculture , geography , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
Discussions of the framing of policy issues have developed in the policy process and policy analysis literatures. This article uses a concept of “ethical traditions” derived from ideology theory to analyze the framing of programs promoting homeownership for the poor. It argues that the rhetoric surrounding the legislation of these programs was drawn from a tradition of agrarian republicanism, and concludes with some comments about the implications of this finding for designing antipoverty policy.