The Ebb and Flow of Conflicts and Concords: A 15 State, 10 Year Study of “Fracking” Policy Issues

• In Event: Comparing Policy Outputs

Brief Overview

This paper analyzes over 10,000 newspaper articles across 15 states over 10 years to uncover patterns and explanations for the changeability in episodes of conflict and concord using the Policy Conflict Framework.

Authors

• Chris Weible, University of Colorado Denver

• Ramiro Berardo, Ohio State University-Main Campus

• Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado Denver

• Hongtao Yi, Ohio State University-Main Campus