| dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Graaf, de, G. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bakker, de, F.G.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Enzerink, S.C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-27T20:28:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-27T20:28:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/25217 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Obesity has become an intractable policy controversy: a problem with a multiplicity of frames and highly contested causes, responsible actors and solutions. As a result, collaboration between different stakeholders is hampered. This study offers the obesity frames of 24 public, private and non-governmental policy actors from the Netherlands. The empirical findings, based on Q-methodology, reveal three obesity frames: ‘joint regulators, ‘freedom fighters’ and ‘united self-regulators’. An alternative ‘health facilitators’ frame is proposed to reach consensus among the three frames. By clarifying the role of health facilitators, the study contributes to a more constructive obesity debate and shows the value of Q-methodology for analyzing health related policy controversies. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
| dc.format.extent | 479338 | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.title | Piece of cake? A Q-study on public, private and non-governmental obesity frames | |
| dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Obesity, intractable policy controversy, frames, Q-methodology, The Netherlands | |
| dc.subject.courseuu | Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science | |
