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- Yuhang He
- Chao Pan
- Dian Chen
- Huawei He
Abstract
Policy narratives, as a mobilization‐oriented communication strategy, are widely applied in public governance to enhance public understanding of and policy support. However, existing research lacks systematic empirical tests of whether policy narratives can effectively stimulate citizen coproduction behavior. To address this gap, this study employs disaster governance as the research context and develops an experimental design spanning three disaster phases: pre‐disaster, during‐disaster, and post‐disaster. The findings indicate that policy narratives significantly enhance citizens' willingness to engage in coproduction, primarily through the mediating effect of trust in government. Guided narrative plots and incentive‐based narrative strategies are more effective in strengthening trust in government and indirectly promoting coproduction. Public service motivation (PSM) is associated with heterogeneous effects of policy narratives on citizen coproduction, with individuals at different PSM levels exhibiting different responses to narrative types and disaster phases. The findings offer important implications for the design of disaster governance narratives and strategies aimed at enhancing citizen participation. 政策叙事作为一种动员型沟通策略,被广泛应用于公共治理领域,以增强公众对政策的理解和支持。然而,现有研究缺乏对政策叙事能否有效激发公民共同参与政策制定行为的系统性实证检验。为弥补这一研究空白,本研究以灾害治理为研究背景,设计了一个涵盖灾前、灾中和灾后三个阶段的实验。研究结果表明,政策叙事显著提升了公民参与共同参与政策制定的意愿,这主要通过公民对政府的信任这一中介效应来实现。引导式叙事和激励式叙事策略在增强公民对政府的信任和间接促进共同参与方面更为有效。公共服务动机(PSM)与政策叙事对公民共同参与政策制定的异质性影响相关,不同PSM水平的个体对不同类型的叙事和灾害阶段的反应各不相同。研究结果对旨在提升公民参与度的灾害治理叙事和策略设计具有重要意义。 Las narrativas políticas, como estrategia de comunicación orientada a la movilización, se aplican ampliamente en la gobernanza pública para mejorar la comprensión y el apoyo ciudadano a las políticas. Sin embargo, la investigación existente carece de pruebas empíricas sistemáticas sobre si las narrativas políticas pueden estimular eficazmente la coproducción ciudadana. Para abordar esta brecha, este estudio utiliza la gobernanza de desastres como contexto de investigación y desarrolla un diseño experimental que abarca tres fases de desastre: predesastre, durante el desastre y postdesastre. Los resultados indican que las narrativas políticas mejoran significativamente la disposición de los ciudadanos a participar en la coproducción, principalmente a través del efecto mediador de la confianza en el gobierno. Las tramas narrativas guiadas y las estrategias narrativas basadas en incentivos son más efectivas para fortalecer la confianza en el gobierno y promover indirectamente la coproducción. La motivación para el servicio público (MSP) se asocia con efectos heterogéneos de las narrativas políticas en la coproducción ciudadana, y los individuos con diferentes niveles de MSP muestran diferentes respuestas a los tipos de narrativas y fases del desastre. Los resultados ofrecen importantes implicaciones para el diseño de narrativas y estrategias de gobernanza de desastres dirigidas a mejorar la participación ciudadana.
Suggested Citation
Yuhang He & Chao Pan & Dian Chen & Huawei He, 2026.
"Policy Narratives and Citizen Coproduction: Three Experimental Studies Across Disaster Phases,"
Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 43(3), May.
Handle:
RePEc:bla:revpol:v:43:y:2026:i:3:n:e70101
DOI: 10.1111/ropr.70101
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