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Handbook of critical policy studies / edited by Frank Fischer ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Handbooks of research on public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political planning.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (544 pages) ; cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Limited, 2015.
- Summary:
- Critical policy studies, as this volume illustrates, challenges conventional approaches to public policy inquiry with its focus on discursive politics, policy argumentation and deliberation, and interpretive modes of analysis. Assembling the voices of established and emerging scholars, the Handbook of Critical Policy Studies fills a major gap in the policy literature. Moving beyond the false neutrality of empiricism and positivism, this Handbook highlights the responsibility of inquirers to take account of social and political context - including present conditions, past trends and prevailing power relationships - to advance inquiry that relies not only on experts but also on citizens in a manner supporting and encouraging democracy. Not only does this call for a reconsideration of the interplay of qualitative and quantitative methods but also for robust attention to the role of values. Accessible to scholars, practitioners and students alike, the book offers a compilation of new critical work that both assesses past developments and appraises emerging issues.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Origins and theoretical : development
- part 2. Theoretical perspectives : critical reflexivity, hegemony and power
- part 3. Discursive politics : deliberation, justice, protest and emotion
- part 4. Policy processes : problem definitions, evidence and social construction
- part 5. The politics of policy expertise : knowledge, think tanks, and action research
- part 6. Methodological issues : interpretation, framing, and social constructions.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed May 20, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781783472352 (e-book)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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