Activity 4.2-Environmental Policy Frameworks

 

Davis & Lewicki, 2003	Bryan, 2003	Environmental Framing Consortium, 2005
Values/ethics: How people frame controversial issues	Legal Environment: Laws, regulations, legal procedures and court decisions.	Identity: Various ways in which people view themselves or a group to which they belong. “Who am I?” What are my values?
Framing: Making sense of a set of undifferentiated events and defining them as meaningful.	Political Environment: Characteristics of the political processes and institutions in a society.	Characterization Frames:  How individuals view other groups of people. “Who are they?”
Intractability: The decision to study and compare a number of environmental disputes	Technology: General knowledge and capability of science, engineering, and medicine.	Risk Frame: Individuals and groups come to evaluate potential risks associated with policy decisions.
Characterization frames:  Statements made by individuals about how they understood someone else. Meaning; Who are they?	Context and Conflict:  Context can affect the dynamics by influence of power, while conflict can influence disputants.	Conflict Management:  What people think about and their response to a variety of conflict processes.

My Five Frames: 

-Identity: The questioning of who you are or those that are in a particular group. 

-Values/ethics: What your beliefs and values are and how you may use them in a controversial issue.

-Characterization Frames: How we view others; asking the question, “who are they?” or “What do they believe?”

-Risk Frame: The process of multiple individuals that come together to identify the potential risks from a policy decision. 

-Context and Conflict: How both can affect dynamics based on influence or dispute. 

I chose these five frames because not only did I understand these five the most, but I can see how it can affect policy making in general. I learned that identity is not just about yourself and who you are but analyzing others and who they are (Environmental Framing Consortium, 2005). Values and ethics are important when it comes to controversial issues and the creation of policies. These two pair together because when you first identify something or someone, the next thing you think of is their value or what a person believes or sees. Those two are some of the important ones, in my opinion. I did not know anything about the other three, but I learned quite a bit from the readings. Characterization frames in my own words is how we view others. That includes the questions that we ask about other individuals (Environmental Framing Consortium, 2005). This also pairs well with the first two frames because it includes the thought process about others, not just us. Risk framework is very important to all individuals involved in these situations. When the majority of people come together to analyze potential risks of a policy, this increases the chances of a dangerous policy being ruled out. If every person decided to keep to themselves and not analyze a policy, we would not be in a great situation. Context and conflict were another one that I thought was really important. Conflict and context are important when it comes to policy framework or creating policies. There will always be people that disagree or need more context when it comes to policies. All five of these policies are very important, just like the others from the readings. However, these were the ones that stood out to me, and I was able to understand the ones that I chose. Overall, I learned quite a bit from the readings, and I am very glad that I learned about policy framework. These frames are great to learn, especially if you do not know much about them already. I saw similarities from each frame that I posted, and I learned a lot from these readings and this assignment. 

References

Bryan, T. (2003). Context in environmental conflicts: Where you stand depends on where you sit. Environmental Practice

Davis, C. B., & Lewicki, R. J. (2003). Environmental conflict resolution: Framing and intractability--an introduction. Environmental Practice

Environmental Framing Consortium. (2005). Framing choices. Understanding Environmental Problems. http://www.intractableconflict.org/environmentalframing/framing_choices.shtml