Localized Concerns, Scientific Argumentation, Framing, and Federalism: The Case of Devils Lake Water Diversion

A federal government system creates opportunities for proponents and opponents of environmental policy change to shift the institutional home where a policy decision is made and then invoke reasoning tailored for the new venue and to retry or reframe arguments. Content analysis of North Dakota state...

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Main Authors: Gruszynski, Mike, Michaels, Sarah
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2014
Subjects:
venue shopping
elite framing
federalism
science in legislative deliberations
water di-version
Devils Lake
North Dakota
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/publicpolicypublications/142
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/publicpolicypublications/article/1143/viewcontent/Gruszczynski_and_Michaels_2014_JNRPR_Localized_concerns__DC_VERSION.pdf
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Summary:A federal government system creates opportunities for proponents and opponents of environmental policy change to shift the institutional home where a policy decision is made and then invoke reasoning tailored for the new venue and to retry or reframe arguments. Content analysis of North Dakota state legislative and US Congressional committee hearings preceding authorization of an outlet connecting Devils Lake, North Dakota to the binational Hudson Bay drainage basin revealed: (1) State and federal legislators were equally likely to invoke constituents’ localized concerns in framing arguments, and (2) Scientific evidence did not hold sway in either state or federal hearings.

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