Policy learning? Crisis, evidence and reinvention in the making of public policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6326655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rob Hulme (University of Chester), Moira Hulme (0000-0002-4095-3880, University of Glasgow) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 473-489 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557312x645757 |
| OpenAlex | W2026570902 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
This article considers the role of evidence and prospects for collective deliberation in shaping policy and practice in straitened times. It draws on critical policy sociology to enhance existing perspectives on policy transfer. The article explores how ‘new professionalism’ in the public services intersects with the ‘new localism’ and current realities of public policy management. In recognising the limitations of ‘presentism’ in policy analysis, attention is afforded to the recuperation and selective reinvention of policy discourses deployed in previous systemic crises. In contrast to rational linear models of problem solving, alternative recursive deliberative approaches are suggested
Deliberation · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Economics · Localism · Policy analysis · Policy studies · Policy transfer · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Presentism · Public policy · Sociology · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |