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Narrative Power

Wicken, Noah Rohan LU (2022) UNDK02 20212
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study builds on the assumptions of the bureaucratic politics model, and examines how security services create and exploit narratives to increase their power in the domestic context. The study adopts a framework of 'narrative power'. The level of narrative power dictates the service's ability 'to structure and exercise influence over the subsequent discussion of issues as well as the policies adopted to deal with them'. It finds that narrative power can be gained by integrating the service's narratives into prominent, and salient national 'meta narratives'. Successful integration into national meta narratives not only legitimizes the institutions, policies, and practices of these services, but shapes how policy is understood and... (More)
This study builds on the assumptions of the bureaucratic politics model, and examines how security services create and exploit narratives to increase their power in the domestic context. The study adopts a framework of 'narrative power'. The level of narrative power dictates the service's ability 'to structure and exercise influence over the subsequent discussion of issues as well as the policies adopted to deal with them'. It finds that narrative power can be gained by integrating the service's narratives into prominent, and salient national 'meta narratives'. Successful integration into national meta narratives not only legitimizes the institutions, policies, and practices of these services, but shapes how policy is understood and formulated throughout the foreign policy establishment. (Less)
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author
Wicken, Noah Rohan LU
supervisor
organization
course
UNDK02 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Narrative power, meta narrative, foreign policy, bureaucratic politics
language
English
id
9071090
date added to LUP
2022-03-18 11:00:08
date last changed
2022-03-18 11:00:08
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Narrative Power}},
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