An argumentative approach to policy ‘framing’. Competing ‘frames’ and policy conflict in the Roşia Montană case

Fairclough, Isabela orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-6718-2636 and Mădroane, Irina Diana (2016) An argumentative approach to policy ‘framing’. Competing ‘frames’ and policy conflict in the Roşia Montană case. Rozenberg Quarterly .

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new theorization of the concept of ‘framing’, in which argumentation has a central role. When decision-making is involved, to ‘frame’ an issue amounts to offering the audience a salient and thus potentially overriding premise in a deliberative process that can ground decision and action. The analysis focuses on the Roşia Montană case, a conflict over policy that led, in September 2013, to the most significant public protests in Romania since the 1989 Revolution.


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