Clarifying the Role of Focusing Events in the Advocacy Coalition Framework: Colorado’s Path to a Wildland Urban Interface Code

• In Event: Formation, Dynamics, and Measurement of Coalitions and Beliefs in the Advocacy Coalition Framework

Brief Overview

We examine the effects of different focusing events on Colorado’s wildfire policy domain. Our findings reiterate the utility of the focusing event framework in understanding the conditions in which external shocks lead to policy change.

Authors

• Nathan Jeschke, University of Colorado Denver

• Deserai Anderson Crow, University of Colorado Denver

• Betsy Laurella Smith, University of Colorado Denver