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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Table of contents<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>1. Introduction to Critical Policy Studies <br/>Frank Fischer, Douglas Torgerson, Anna Durnova and Michael Orsini <br/><br/>PART I ORIGINS AND THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT: FROM LASSWELL TO HABERMAS AND FOUCAULT<br/>2. Harold D. Lasswell and Critical Policy Studies: The Threats and Temptations of Power<br/>Douglas Torgerson<br/><br/>3. In Pursuit of Usable Knowledge: Critical Policy Analysis and the Argumentative Turn <br/>Frank Fischer<br/><br/>4. Habermas, Critical Theory and Public Policy <br/>Thomas Saretzki<br/><br/>5. Foucault and Critical Policy Studies <br/>Eva Loevbrand and Johannes Stripple<br/><br/>PART II THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: CRITICAL REFLEXIVITY, HEGEMONY AND POWER<br/>6. Poststructuralist Discourse Theory and Critical Policy Studies: Interests, Identities and Policy Change <br/>David Howarth and Steven Griggs<br/><br/>7. Cultural Political Economy and Critical Policy Studies: Developing a Critique of Domination<br/>Ngai-Ling Sum and Bob Jessop<br/><br/>8. The Interpretation of Power <br/>Timothy W. Luke <br/><br/>PART III DISCURSIVE POLITICS: DELIBERATION, JUSTICE, PROTEST AND EMOTION<br/>9. Discursive Institutionalism: Understanding Policy in Context<br/>Vivien A. Schmidt<br/><br/>10. Social Justice and Urban Policy Deliberation: Balancing the Discourses of Democracy, Diversity and Equity <br/>Susan S. Fainstein<br/><br/>11. Deliberation and Protest: Revealing the Deliberative Potential of Protest Movements in Turkey and Brazil<br/>Ricardo Fabrino Mendonca and Selen A. Ercan<br/><br/>12. Lost in Translation: Expressing Emotion in Policy Deliberation<br/>Anna Durnova<br/><br/>PART IV. POLICY PROCESSES: PROBLEM DEFINITIONS, EVIDENCE AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION<br/>13. Problem Definition and Agenda-Setting in Critical Perspective <br/>Marlon Barbehoen, Sybille Munch and Wolfram Lamping<br/><br/>14. Making Distinctions: The Social Construction of Target Populations <br/>Helen Ingram and Ann L. Schneider <br/><br/>15. The Autopoietic Text<br/>Raul P. Lejano and Sung Jin Park<br/><br/>16. Co-Production and Public Policy: Evidence, Uncertainty and Socio-materiality<br/>Heidrun Am<br/><br/>PART V. THE POLITICS OF POLICY EXPERTISE: KNOWLEDGE, THINK TANKS, AND ACTION RESEARCH<br/>17. Politics and Policy Expertise: Towards a Political Epistemology <br/>Holger Strassheim<br/><br/>18. Global Governance and Sustainability Indicators: The Politics of Expert Knowledge <br/>Laureen Elgert<br/><br/>19. The Politics of Policy Think Tanks: Organizing Expertise, Legitimacy, and Counter-Expertise in Policy Networks <br/>Dieter Plehwe<br/><br/>20. Critical Action Research and Social Movements: Revitalizing Participation and Deliberation for Democratic Empowerment <br/>Hemant R. Ojha, Mani R. Banjade and Krishna K. Shrestha <br/><br/>PART VI. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES: INTERPRETATION, FRAMING, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS<br/>21. Making Sense of Policy Practices: Interpretation and Meaning<br/>Dvora Yanow<br/><br/>22. Transforming Perspectives: The Critical Functions of Interpretive Policy Analysis <br/>Hendrik Wagenaar<br/><br/>23. Between Representation and Narration: Analyzing Policy Frames <br/>Kathrin Braun<br/><br/>24. Critical Policy Ethnography <br/>Vincent Dubois<br/><br/>25. Making Gender Visible: Feminist Perspectives Through the Case of Anti-Smoking Policy <br/>Stephanie Paterson and Francesca Scala<br/><br/>Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1783472340 9781788112109 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015943169 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Policy sciences.<br/>Critical theory.<br/>Critical theory.<br/>Policy sciences.<br/>Policystudier.<br/>Förvaltning.<br/>Kritisk teori.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H97  / .H35445 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.6 FIS