Handbook of policy advice / edited by Michael Howlett (Burnaby Mountain Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Ishani Mukherjee (Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howlett, Michael, editor.

Mukherjee, Ishani, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Handbooks of research on public policy

Handbooks of research on public policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Evidence-based policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (720 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This timely Handbook examines the background, organization and evolution of policy advice and expertise in contemporary government. Chapters in the book set out and critically re-evaluate conventional assumptions about the role of policy advisors and advice in policy-making in an era when increasing new technologies, political polarization and contestation have mounted challenges to traditional sources of policy ideas and influence. In 50 chapters on different topics and country experiences, leading international experts explore how issues and developments such as social media and AI have impacted the content, quality and organization of policy advice for modern governments. They discuss how the nature and deployment of policy expertise is changing amidst the fragmentation of existing information ecosystems and growing distrust in traditional actors and institutions. The Handbook analyses the features and problems of existing studies and practices such as evidence-based policy-making and addresses the future of policy advising, illustrating the impact and implications of ongoing shifts towards more pluralistic and social-media-driven sources of policy knowledge. Students and scholars of public policy, public administration and management, and regulation and governance will greatly benefit from the consolidation of existing knowledge and the novel perspectives on policy advice found in this Handbook. It is also an essential resource for practitioners in public policy and administration"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Speaking truth to power no more? Examining the patterns and practices of policy advice in the contemporary era / Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee

Part I: Introduction and key concepts in the study of policy advice

Section i.1 Introduction - policy advice and why it is problematic

1. Speaking truth to power: The dynamics of knowledge use in policymaking / Giliberto Capano and Anna Malandrino

2. Rethinking a policy science for democracy: A deliberative approach to expert advice / Frank Fischer

3. 'Non-knowledge' in contemporary public policy: Amnesia, ignorance, and misinformation / Adam Hannah, Jordan Tchilingirian and Linda Courtenay Botterill

4. Policy advice as a particular type of policy work / Arnost Veselý

5. Knowledge demand: The political drivers of policy advice / Rob Manwaring and Lawrence Velasco

Section i.2 the nature of policy advice

6. What counts as evidence in policy advice / Paul Cairney

7. Evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence? Science-policy relations in evidence-based policymaking / Holger Straßheim

8. Issues of quality: What is good policy analysis and how do we know? / Wil A.H. Thissen and Patricia G.J. Twaalfhoven

9. Utilization-focused scientific policy advice: A six-point checklist for experts and professionals / Fritz Sager, Céline Mavrot, Markus Hinterleitner, David Kaufmann, Martin Grosjean and Thomas F. Stocker

10. Policy advice and capacity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035318087 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.