Rationalising the policy mess? Ex ante policy assessment and the utilisation of knowledge in the policy process

作者: Julia Hertin , John Turnpenny , Andrew Jordan , Mans Nilsson , Duncan Russel

DOI: 10.1068/A40266

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摘要: Procedures for the ex ante assessment of public policies are currently in vogue across OECD. Their design is typically informed by a rational-instrumental model problem solving, which assumes that knowledge collected, evaluated, and then translated straightforwardly into ‘better policies’. But this has been little affected more than three decades academic research demonstrated reality everyday policy making far messier. In paper we analyse whether uptake nonetheless capable creating opportunities deliberation learning new knowledge. Drawing on an analysis procedures countries European Union, find there several ways used process. Moreover, argue occurs despite, rather because of, instrumental procedures, tends to act...

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