Abstract The push and pull between innovation and conservatism is a normal situation in Dutch coastal governance. In some cases this leads to conflicts over which policy solution to choose. This paper argues that coastal governance processes are shaped by policy frames. They influence what actors consider the policy problem, the appropriate solution, and the way to achieve this solutions. The paper features a Dutch coastal governance project called “Hondsbossche Duinen”, in which the mismatching of heterogeneous policy framing foci almost led to breakdown of the process. After a phase leading to controversy and shifts in project management, the project eventually became realised successfully. This near-breakdown and eventual success is studied from the perspective of framing foci: policy substance, policy process, and actors' identities and relationships. In-depth interviews with policy actors allow for a nuanced analysis of those framing foci. We show that dynamics of emphasising and ignoring similarities and dissimilarities between actors’ framing foci explain the developments in the case. Emphasising dissimilarities and ignoring similarities produced controversy in the first phase of the case. In the end, emphasising similarities and the emergence of a consensus framing focus led to policy consensus.

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（错）匹配框架焦点：了解沿海治理框架之间的政策共识

摘要 创新与保守之间的推拉是荷兰沿海治理的常态。在某些情况下，这会导致关于选择哪种策略解决方案的冲突。本文认为，沿海治理过程受政策框架的影响。它们影响参与者考虑政策问题的内容、适当的解决方案以及实现这些解决方案的方式。该论文介绍了一个名为“Hondsbossche Duinen”的荷兰沿海治理项目，其中异质政策框架焦点的不匹配几乎导致了该过程的崩溃。经过一个导致争议和项目管理转变的阶段，该项目最终成功实现。从框架焦点的角度研究了这种近乎崩溃和最终的成功：政策实质、政策过程和行动者 身份和关系。与政策参与者的深入访谈可以对这些框架焦点进行细致入微的分析。我们表明，强调和忽视演员框架焦点之间的相似性和不同之处的动态解释了案件的发展。强调不同之处而忽视相似之处在案件的第一阶段引起了争议。最后，强调相似性和共识框架焦点的出现导致了政策共识。