Discourse analysis and strategic policy advice

Manoeuvring, Navigating, and Transforming Policy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6289528
AutoresKennet Lynggaard (0000-0002-6534-5371, Roskilde University, autor de correspondencia), Peter Triantafillou (0000-0002-5807-6011, Roskilde University)
Año2023
Volumen30
Número9
Páginas1936-1959
Fecha de publicación2023-09-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13501763.2023.2217846
OpenAlexW4379162118
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas21

Discourse analysis (DA) has established itself as a widely accepted and legitimate approach to policy analysis. It is used to study issues such as the role of knowledge in policymaking, political cleavages and coalitions, and legitimacy. However, the proponents of DA have generally been reluctant to provide strategic policy advice. This reluctance limits the utility of DA for providing new and partly alternative policy ideas and advice on how to propagate new policies and to consolidate existing ones. This paper aims to extend the scope of DA to include advice that may change or modify how discourses are utilised in shaping policy. It elaborates on seven types of discursive agency allowing policy actors (including politicians, policy strategists, public managers, and citizen groups) to either consolidate existing policy or propagate new policy by manoeuvring within a given discursive framework, navigating between different and conflicting discourses, or transforming existing discourses

Advice (programming · Agency (philosophy · Discourse analysis · Legitimacy · Policy analysis · Policy studies · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Public relations · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research