Dissolving Decision Making? Models and Their Roles in Decision-Making Processes and Policy at Large
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4516291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ragna Zei, Ragna Zeiss (Maastricht University), Stans Van Egmond (Rathenau Instituut) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 631-657 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science in Context (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0269889714000234 |
| PMID | 25549446 |
| OpenAlex | W1989243556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 37 |
ArgumentThis article studies the roles three science-based models play in Dutch policy and decision making processes. Key is the interaction between model construction and environment. Their political and scientific environments form contexts that shape the roles of models in policy decision making. Attention is paid to three aspects of the wider context of the models: a) the history of the construction process; b) (changes in) the political and scientific environments; and c) the use in policy processes over longer periods of time. Models are more successfully used when they are constructed in astablepolitical and scientific environment. Stability and certainty within a scientific field seems to be a key predictor for the usefulness of models for policy making. The economic model is more disputed than the ecology-based model and the model that has its theoretical foundation in physics and chemistry. The roles models play in policy processes are too complex to be considered as straightforward technocratic powers
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |