Handbook of critical policy studies /
edited by Frank Fischer, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, Douglas Torgerson, Trent University, Canada, Anna Durnová, University of Vienna, Austria, Michael Orsini, University of Ottawa, Canada.
- xiv, 519 pages ; 24 cm.
- Handbooks of research on public policy .
- Handbooks of research on public policy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents
Contents:
1. Introduction to Critical Policy Studies Frank Fischer, Douglas Torgerson, Anna Durnova and Michael Orsini
PART I ORIGINS AND THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT: FROM LASSWELL TO HABERMAS AND FOUCAULT 2. Harold D. Lasswell and Critical Policy Studies: The Threats and Temptations of Power Douglas Torgerson
3. In Pursuit of Usable Knowledge: Critical Policy Analysis and the Argumentative Turn Frank Fischer
4. Habermas, Critical Theory and Public Policy Thomas Saretzki
5. Foucault and Critical Policy Studies Eva Loevbrand and Johannes Stripple
PART II THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: CRITICAL REFLEXIVITY, HEGEMONY AND POWER 6. Poststructuralist Discourse Theory and Critical Policy Studies: Interests, Identities and Policy Change David Howarth and Steven Griggs
7. Cultural Political Economy and Critical Policy Studies: Developing a Critique of Domination Ngai-Ling Sum and Bob Jessop
8. The Interpretation of Power Timothy W. Luke
PART III DISCURSIVE POLITICS: DELIBERATION, JUSTICE, PROTEST AND EMOTION 9. Discursive Institutionalism: Understanding Policy in Context Vivien A. Schmidt
10. Social Justice and Urban Policy Deliberation: Balancing the Discourses of Democracy, Diversity and Equity Susan S. Fainstein
11. Deliberation and Protest: Revealing the Deliberative Potential of Protest Movements in Turkey and Brazil Ricardo Fabrino Mendonca and Selen A. Ercan
12. Lost in Translation: Expressing Emotion in Policy Deliberation Anna Durnova
PART IV. POLICY PROCESSES: PROBLEM DEFINITIONS, EVIDENCE AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION 13. Problem Definition and Agenda-Setting in Critical Perspective Marlon Barbehoen, Sybille Munch and Wolfram Lamping
14. Making Distinctions: The Social Construction of Target Populations Helen Ingram and Ann L. Schneider
15. The Autopoietic Text Raul P. Lejano and Sung Jin Park
16. Co-Production and Public Policy: Evidence, Uncertainty and Socio-materiality Heidrun Am
PART V. THE POLITICS OF POLICY EXPERTISE: KNOWLEDGE, THINK TANKS, AND ACTION RESEARCH 17. Politics and Policy Expertise: Towards a Political Epistemology Holger Strassheim
18. Global Governance and Sustainability Indicators: The Politics of Expert Knowledge Laureen Elgert
19. The Politics of Policy Think Tanks: Organizing Expertise, Legitimacy, and Counter-Expertise in Policy Networks Dieter Plehwe
20. Critical Action Research and Social Movements: Revitalizing Participation and Deliberation for Democratic Empowerment Hemant R. Ojha, Mani R. Banjade and Krishna K. Shrestha
PART VI. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES: INTERPRETATION, FRAMING, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS 21. Making Sense of Policy Practices: Interpretation and Meaning Dvora Yanow
22. Transforming Perspectives: The Critical Functions of Interpretive Policy Analysis Hendrik Wagenaar
23. Between Representation and Narration: Analyzing Policy Frames Kathrin Braun
24. Critical Policy Ethnography Vincent Dubois
25. Making Gender Visible: Feminist Perspectives Through the Case of Anti-Smoking Policy Stephanie Paterson and Francesca Scala