Navigating policy in (trans)action

A methodological framework for situated and relational policy practices

Bibliographic Data

ID13105102
AuthorsSzilvia Nagy (0000-0002-0181-7712, Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume11
Issue4
Pages505-523
Publication date2024-12-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Policy Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2380-6567 • E-ISSN: 2380-6567
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/epa2.1233
OpenAlexW4405558645
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited75

This paper presents a methodological framework to study situated and relational policy practices in the context of the policy transaction perspective. Building on policy ethnography, it addresses the entanglements of researching policy transactions through triangulation of methods to explore how practices emerge, and how they are “seen,” “talked about,” and “read.” The paper aims to contribute to the policy transaction framework in three ways. First, it discusses how the policy transaction framework furthers the shifting of focus from policy systems to policy worlds, to address the complexities enclosed in policy processes. Second, it advances the framework along the discussion of relationality and situatedness, to highlight the reciprocal mode of transactions. Third, it proposes a methodological exemplar for the analysis of policy transactions, by looking at transactions as practices. With these steps, the paper aims to contribute to a methodological framework for undertaking research in the context of the policy transaction perspective

Action (physics · Knowledge management · Political science · Situated · Sociology · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Policy and Administration Research · Artificial Intelligence

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