1. Scope of conflict: Influenced by E. E. Schattschneider (1960) and more recently by Pralle (2006), NPF scholars have studied the strategic construction of policy narratives to either expand or contain policy issues (e.g., Crow and Lawlor 2016; Gupta et al. 2014; McBeth, Shanahan, et al. 2010; Shanahan et al. 2013).