Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Leadership Studies
Abstract
This study examines the role of self-interest and social-interest framing in determining support for school choice policies. I make a new contribution to the field of political psychology and policy framing by comparing the effects of self-interest and social-interest. My research focuses on the domain of education policy and school choice in an original experimental study and a case study of newspaper editorials. I find evidence that the self-interest frame garners significantly mores upport for school choice policies among certain population, but policy advocates most commonly use social-interest framing when arguing for school choice policies.
Recommended Citation
Roemer, Benedict, "Self-interest versus social-interest policy framing : the case of school choice" (2019). Honors Theses. 1409.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1409