Critical policy inquiry : interpreting knowledge and arguments / Frank Fischer (Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Politics and Global Affairs, Rutgers University, US and associated with Humboldt University, Abrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute, Berlin, Germany).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Frank, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Advances in critical policy studies

Advances in critical policy studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics, Practical.

Policy sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

First.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Presenting a critical approach to the study of public policy and policy analysis, this book offers a postpositivist foundation that challenges empiricist and technocratic approaches to policy studies. Critical Policy Inquiry draws on Jürgen Habermas's work on communicative action and deliberation, Michel Foucault's writings on discourse, and the epistemics of social constructivism. Frank Fischer advances deliberative policy argumentation and the logic of practical reason, exploring how this can be used as a framework for interpreting the interaction of normative and empirical arguments in policy politics. He applies this approach to a diverse range of topics, including technocracy, policy expertise, deliberative democratic politics, interpretive policy analysis, post-truth, climate and Covid denialism, participatory governance, local and tacit knowledge, and the role of emotion in policy controversies. The book concludes with a look to transformative policy learning and the future of the field. Connecting social and political theory with empirical research, this book is essential for students and scholars of public policy, politics, governance, public administration, and regulatory policy. Its practical, real-world applications will also be of value to policymakers worldwide"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents preface

Part I. Critical policy inquiry and the argumentative turn

1. Introduction to critical policy inquiry

2. The public policy orientation: From technocratic expertise to critical policy argumentation

3. The argumentative turn in critical policy analysis: Practical reason and the logic of policy argumentation

4. Critical policy argumentation in covid controversies: From statistics to political values

Part II. Social construction and knowledge politics

5. Social constructivism and the politics of meaning: Foundations of interpretive policy analysis

6. Social constructivism and post-truth: Climate denialism and knowledge politics in policy argumentation

Part III. Citizen participation in deliberative policy processes

7. Confronting technocratic expertise: Citizen empowerment and deliberative policy inquiry

8. Making governance participatory: Citizens and experts in collaborative policy research

Part IV. Transformative learning and critical policy epistemics

9. Critical policy inquiry and transformative learning: Reflexive deliberation as problematization coauthored with alan mandell

10. Policy epistemics for critical policy inquiry: Notes on the construction of knowledge and arguments in discursive politics

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781789900811 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

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