Showing papers in "Critical Policy Studies in 2020"
TL;DR: What do Alt-right supporters and Brexiteers, British colonialists of the East India Company, Enlightenment thinkers, mainstream economists and the powerful pharmaceutical industry have in common as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: What do Alt-right supporters and Brexiteers, British colonialists of the East India Company, Enlightenment thinkers, mainstream economists and the powerful pharmaceutical industry have in common? T...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the changing relations between individuals and public authorities within the Swedish crisis management system from 1995 to 2017, after the end of the Cold War and the introduction of the Swedish Stability Act.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the changing relations between individuals and public authorities within the Swedish crisis management system from 1995 to 2017. After the end of the Cold Wa...
26 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss why multilateral spaces are key sites for studying struggles over environmental knowledge and how Collaborative Event Ethnography (CEE) can open up new avenues for Crit...
Abstract: This forum piece discusses why multilateral spaces are key ‘sites’ for studying struggles over environmental knowledge and how Collaborative Event Ethnography (CEE) can open up new avenues for Crit...
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TL;DR: Deliberative systems theory suggests that a democratic society works well when citizens experiences and views, as expressed in various forms and sites of communication, are connected and taken up by the deliberative system as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Deliberative systems theory suggests that a democratic society works well when citizens’ experiences and views, as expressed in various forms and sites of communication, are connected and taken up ...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the various uses of expert knowledge during the controversy over shale gas in France and in Quebec (Canada) and show that social movements can also use strategic ignorance to support their environmental claims and that mastering the pace of the controversy and the policy debates enabled actors to better support their policy claims.
Abstract: The article addresses the various uses of expert knowledge during the controversy over shale gas in France and in Quebec (Canada). Cross-fertilization between policy analysis and science and technology studies demonstrates that political uses of expertise better explained the policymaking process in focusing on two specific utilizations: strategic ignorance and politics of time. Using data from press analysis, interviews, reports and documentation analysis, the article shows that social movements can also use strategic ignorance to support their environmental claims and that mastering the pace of the controversy and the policy debates enabled actors to better support their policy claims. The French case illustrates those two arguments while the Quebec case provides a more tradition account of State/Industry's utilization of knowledge production to delay decision and divert opposition.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the implications of different forms of distrust for a society and democratic institutions have been theorized in conflicting ways so far, and it is shown that growing social divisions affect the role distrust plays for political interest representation of social groups and for the acceptance of representative democracy.
Abstract: We can observe a well-documented decline of trust levels in Western societies: from the reputation of political representatives as being "not trustworthy" to the rise of anti-system-oriented populist parties. Yet the implications of different forms of distrust for a society and democratic institutions have been theorized in conflicting ways so far. In order to illuminate existing inconsistencies in social and democratic theory, this article addresses two research questions: What are the implications of different manifestations of distrust for the acceptance of democracy and democratic institutions? How do different forms of distrust affect the motivation to become engaged in democratic decision-making and in civil society institutions? Taking empirical evidence from 25 focus groups in Germany, our findings show that growing social divisions affect the role distrust plays for political interest representation of social groups and for the acceptance of liberal representative democracy.
13 citations
TL;DR: The authors dealt with the question of how to deal with reform narratives in public policy and public administration research, and provided a contribution to research on reform narratives, which has been well known for years.
Abstract: Narrative approaches have been well known in public policy and public administration research for years. As a contribution to research on reform narratives, this paper will deal with the question o...
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TL;DR: In this article, four commentaries in response to my essay on post-truth (Knowledge Politics and Post-truth in Climate Denial, 2019) usefully add something to the search for an understanding of climate denial.
Abstract: All four of the commentaries in response to my essay on post-truth (‘Knowledge Politics and Post-Truth in Climate Denial,’ Issue 3, 2019) usefully add something to the search for an understanding o...
11 citations
TL;DR: This paper studied the relationship between populism and religion and found that the relationship was not well-studied in the literature on populism and its relationship with the Bible, and that it was not easily understood.
Abstract: Whilst the literature on populism spans almost every conceivable discipline, the study of its relationship with religion remains exceptionally sparse. This paper seeks to fill an important gap in t...
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TL;DR: The authors explored the impact of the Tuscaloosa tornado on the long-term financial and emotional well-being of survivors 4 to 5 years after the event using social stress theory and an intersec...
Abstract: This research explores the impact of the Tuscaloosa tornado on the long-term financial and emotional well-being of survivors 4 to 5 years after the event. Using social stress theory and an intersec...
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TL;DR: The global financial crisis (2008-2009) sparked major controversies in Germany as discussed by the authors, and renewed focus was placed on economic inequality in media and politics, with a focus on economic inequalities in media, politics, and social media.
Abstract: The global financial crisis (2008–2009) sparked major controversies in Germany. Beyond raising regulatory issues, renewed focus was placed on economic inequality in media and politics. Political sc...
TL;DR: In this article, the ambivalence in European immigrant integration discourses toward the political participation of immigrants is addressed, and the authors show how this ambivalency manifests in what they call a "pa...
Abstract: In this paper, we address the ambivalence in European immigrant integration discourses toward the political participation of immigrants. We show how this ambivalence manifests in what we call a ‘pa...
TL;DR: It is argued how the longitudinal and poly-contextual orientation of a process study amplifies their impact on the research process and poses specific challenges, and how to effectively deal with these particularities and challenges a process researcher benefits from developing and establishing good field relations.
Abstract: Process-oriented approaches increasingly gain attention within policy and administrative studies A process orientation emphasizes the ongoing, dynamic character of policy phenomena, ie their bec
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ Bacchi's work on gender gendering practices in the context of alcohol policy and find that women are marked out for special attention while men and masculinities are often ignored.
Abstract: Analysis of alcohol policy suggests women are marked out for special attention while men and masculinities are often ignored. In this paper, we employ Carol Bacchi’s work on ‘gendering practices’ a...
TL;DR: Public policy design takes place in a complex "policy swamp" that is not easily analyzed, let alone controlled as discussed by the authors. But recent scientific advances in understanding human behavior have led some...
Abstract: Public policy design takes place in a complex ‘policy swamp’ that is not easily analyzed, let alone controlled. Nonetheless, recent scientific advances in understanding human behavior have led some...
TL;DR: The ontological and epistemological footing of narrative policy research remains uncertain this article, and the interpretive approaches to policy narrative research are advanced and scientism is eschewed in this paper.
Abstract: The ontological and epistemological footing of narrative policy research remains uncertain. In this article, interpretive approaches to policy narrative research are advanced and scientism is esche...
TL;DR: This paper introduced the concept of modalities of integration to examine how a selection of three Canadian think tanks were integrated into the field theory of field theory and applied it to the study of American think tanks.
Abstract: Building on Bourdieu’s Field Theory and on Thomas Medvetz’s study of American think tanks, this article introduces the concept of modalities of integration to examine how a selection of three Canad...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors teach students who are preparing for careers as scientists or engineers, and they may be required to take a course on public policy or science in society, or perhaps they have chosen to pu...
Abstract: Many of us teach students who are preparing for careers as scientists or engineers. They may be required to take a course on public policy or ‘science in society,’ or perhaps they have chosen to pu...
TL;DR: The current debate on the consequences of governance networks (GNs) for the future of democracy is excessively normativized at the expense of its empirical accuracy and critical force.
Abstract: The current debate on the consequences of governance networks (GNs) for the future of democracy is excessively normativized at the expense of its empirical accuracy and critical force. This paper t...
TL;DR: In this paper, a context-sensitive perspective on participation in rural development, revolving around the reconstruction of unique sets of differences between rhetorics and reality, is presented, using a theoreti...
Abstract: We present a context-sensitive perspective on participation in rural development, revolving around the reconstruction of unique sets of differences between rhetorics and realities. Using a theoreti...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the use of peer reviews by international organizations within the national policy domain by examining the OECD's use of Peer Review System (PRS) and focus on one such review in the...
Abstract: This paper seeks to better understand the influence of international organizations within the national policy domain by examining the OECD’s use of peer reviews. Focusing on one such review in the ...
TL;DR: In recent years, Housing First (HF) has become a prevalent public response to homelessness in North America In Canada, several communities have been called upon to implement a system-wide HF orien.
Abstract: In recent years, Housing First (HF) has become a prevalent public response to homelessness in North America In Canada, several communities have been called upon to implement a system-wide HF orien
TL;DR: Papanastasiou as discussed by the authors questions taken-for-granted notions of scalar hierarchy in policy theory by confronting them with the more constructionist, relational understanding of scale.
Abstract: In this book, Natalie Papanastasiou questions taken-for-granted notions of scalar hierarchy in policy theory by confronting them with the more constructionist, relational understanding of scale tha...
TL;DR: In this article, policy makers face significant political and policy challenges such as economic inequality, the implications of climate change, the effect of automation, the ongoing migration and refugee, and the effects of automation.
Abstract: Nowadays, policy makers face significant political and policy challenges such as economic inequality, the implications of climate change, the effect of automation, the ongoing migration and refugee
TL;DR: In the context of Polanyi's double movement of market forces and social protection, the authors explores the work of state agents and processes of subjectivation at the workplace according to the double movement.
Abstract: In the context of Polanyi’s ‘double movement’ of market forces and social protection this article explores the work of state agents and processes of subjectivation at the workplace according to the...
TL;DR: The authors analyzes technocratic rationality as a distinct rationality and shows how this rationality continues to inform the adoption and restructuring of new governance arrangements within the public sector, and analyzes the role of technocracy in public sector governance.
Abstract: This study analyzes technocracy as a distinct rationality and shows how this rationality continues to inform the adoption and restructuring of new governance arrangements within the public sector. ...
TL;DR: The stress test of the European Central Bank (ECB) has become one of the primary regulatory tools for the European banking system as mentioned in this paper, and it has been used extensively in the past few years.
Abstract: The stress test of the European Central Bank has become one of the primary regulatory tools for the European banking system. In order to make such a regulatory indicator, different national banks n...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that understanding the complexities of the problem of Indigenous development is critical to solving complex problems such as poverty and inequality in the South-West Asia region.
Abstract: To tackle complex problems, such as Indigenous development, governments are turning to new approaches but struggling to implement them. This paper argues that understanding the complexities of the ...
TL;DR: The authors further theorizes exemplary practitioners' roles in neighborhood governance by building on the framework of the four ideal types of practitioners (frontline worker, everyday fixer, soci....
Abstract: This article further theorizes exemplary practitioners’ roles in neighborhood governance by building on the framework of the four ideal types of practitioners—frontline worker, everyday fixer, soci...
TL;DR: It is argued that post-Ebola, UK global health policy turned into a pursuit of global health emergency-preparedness through development through development from what is identified as the specific structure of the UK’s emergency- Preparedness configuration that creates a ‘spill-over’ between the immediate event and future preparedness.
Abstract: In this article, we analyze UK global health policy in the light of the 2014 Ebola epidemic. Specifically, we focus on the UK government’s intervention in the epidemic, reflections on the UK’s resp...