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How can power discourses be changed? - Contrasting the âdaughter deficitâ policy of the Delhi government with Gandhi and Kingâs transformational reframing
Social policy impact is partly determined by how policy is articulated and advocated,
including which values are highlighted and how. In this paper, we examine the influence
of policy framing and reframing on outcomes, with particular reference to the policies
of the Delhi state government in India that target the practices of female feticide,
infanticide and neglect that underlie the âdaughter deficitâ. Using Snow and Benfordâs
categories for understanding reframing processes, the paper outlines and applies a
âmodelâ of reframing disputed issues derived from looking at two famous campaigns â
Gandhiâs 1930 Salt March in the struggle for Indian freedom from British rule and the
African-American civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. It argues that âcarrot
and stickâ policy measures, such as financial incentives and legal prohibitions, to
counteract the âdaughter deficitâ must be complemented by well crafted discursive
interventions
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