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Does knowledge brokering facilitate evidence-based policy? A review of existing knowledge and an agenda for future research 知识中介是否有利于循证政策?对现有知识的回顾和未来研究的议程
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557319x15740848311069
E. MacKillop, Sarah Quarmby, James Downe
The claim that evidence-based policy (EBP) produces better outcomes has gained increasing support over the last three decades. Knowledge brokering (KB) is seen as a way to achieve improved policymaking and governments worldwide are investing significant resources in KB initiatives. It is therefore important to understand the range of these activities and to investigate whether and how they facilitate EBP. This article critically reviews the extant literature on KB. It identifies six important limitations: the existence of multiple definitions of KB; a lack of theory-based empirical analysis; a neglect of knowledge brokering organisations; insufficient research on KB in social policy; limited analysis of impact and effectiveness; and a lack of attention to the role played by politics. The paper proposes an agenda for future research that bridges disciplinary boundaries in order to address these gaps and contribute new insights into the politics of evidence use.
在过去的三十年里,基于证据的政策(EBP)产生更好结果的说法得到了越来越多的支持。知识中介被视为改善政策制定的一种方式,世界各国政府正在向知识中介计划投入大量资源。因此,重要的是要了解这些活动的范围,并调查它们是否以及如何促进EBP。本文批判性地回顾了关于KB的现有文献。它指出了六个重要的限制:存在多个知识库定义;缺乏基于理论的实证分析;忽视知识中介组织;社会政策中KB研究不足;有限的影响和有效性分析;以及缺乏对政治作用的关注。本文提出了一个未来研究的议程,该议程旨在弥合学科界限,以解决这些差距,并为证据使用的政治提供新的见解。
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引用次数: 19
Legitimising a radical policy idea: framing basic income as a boost to labour market activity 使一种激进的政策理念合法化:将基本收入定义为促进劳动力市场活动
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557319x15734252781048
Johanna Perkiö
The idea of universal and unconditional basic income is gaining increasing traction worldwide. Yet the proposal of unconditional cash seems to run counter to some key normative assumptions in society. This article contributes to an understanding of the political feasibility of basic income from the perspective of framing strategies to legitimise the policy. It examines a framing commonly used by Finnish parties and politicians advocating basic income, that emphasised basic income’s capacity to boost activity and labour market participation. The article finds that basic income was often defended with framing that appealed to activity as a value, and that this framing was most actively pushed by the Greens, and adopted by other parties during the upturns of the debate. The article provides an insight into a strategy of legitimising a politically controversial idea by framing it in a normatively and ideologically resonant way.
普遍和无条件基本收入的想法在世界范围内越来越受欢迎。然而,无条件现金的提议似乎与社会上一些关键的规范性假设背道而驰。本文有助于从框架战略的角度来理解基本收入政策的政治可行性,以使该政策合法化。它考察了芬兰政党和政治家倡导基本收入的一个常用框架,该框架强调基本收入促进经济活动和劳动力市场参与的能力。这篇文章发现,基本收入通常是用一种呼吁活动作为价值的框架来辩护的,这种框架是由绿党最积极地推动的,并在辩论的好转时期被其他政党采用。这篇文章提供了一种通过规范和意识形态共鸣的方式将政治上有争议的想法合法化的策略。
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引用次数: 2
Are responses to official consultations and stakeholder surveys reliable guides to policy actors’ positions? 对官方咨询和利益相关者调查的回应是政策行为者立场的可靠指南吗?
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557319x15613699478503
K. Ingold, Frédéric Varone, Marlene Kammerer, Florence Metz, Lorenz Kammermann, Chantal Strotz
Policy positions are used extensively to explain coalition formation, advocacy success and policy outputs, and government consultations and stakeholder surveys are seen as important means of gathering data about policy actors’ positions. However, we know little about how accurately official consultations and stakeholder surveys reflect their views. This study compares advocacy organisations’ publicly stated positions in their responses to official consultations with their positions expressed in confidential surveys conducted by the authors. It compares three decision-making processes in Switzerland – in energy, climate and water protection – to analyse responses via two different types of data gathering methods. The results show a substantial divergence between official and private expressions of policy positions. Specific types of policy actors (losers), instruments (persuasive measures) and subsystems (collaborative network) produce more divergent positions. This has important methodological implications for comparative policy studies that use different data gathering methods and focus on different policy domains.
政策立场被广泛用于解释联盟的形成、倡导的成功和政策产出,政府咨询和利益相关者调查被视为收集政策行为者立场数据的重要手段。然而,我们对官方咨询和利益相关者调查如何准确地反映他们的观点知之甚少。这项研究比较了倡导组织在对官方咨询的回应中公开声明的立场,以及他们在作者进行的保密调查中表达的立场。它比较了瑞士在能源、气候和水资源保护方面的三种决策过程,通过两种不同类型的数据收集方法来分析反应。调查结果显示,官方和民间对政策立场的表述存在巨大分歧。特定类型的政策参与者(输家)、工具(有说服力的措施)和子系统(协作网络)产生了更多不同的立场。这对于使用不同数据收集方法并关注不同政策领域的比较政策研究具有重要的方法意义。
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引用次数: 4
A new epistemology of evidence-based policy 循证政策的新认识论
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557319x15657389008311
P. Sayer
In a remarkably short period, ‘evidence-based policy’ (EBP), and the associated discourses of ‘what works’, have risen to prominence as a set of organising principles for public policy decision-making. Critics of EBP frequently point to its implicit positivist assumptions by highlighting the socially constructed nature of evidence. However, the effectiveness of this critique is limited by the imprecise and often pejorative use of the term ‘positivism’. This article therefore seeks to offer a more precise account of the underlying assumptions of EBP. To do so, it draws on an epistemological position known as process reliabilism, which analyses the justification of a belief by assessing whether it has been reached by means of an epistemically reliable decision-making process or processes. Through this framework, the article advocates a new approach to EBP which is framed around the principle of avoiding error, rather than that of seeking truth.
在一个非常短的时期内,“循证政策”(EBP)以及与之相关的“什么有效”的论述,作为一套公共政策决策的组织原则,已经变得突出起来。EBP的批评者经常通过强调证据的社会建构性质来指出其隐含的实证主义假设。然而,这种批评的有效性受到“实证主义”一词的不精确和经常带有贬义的使用的限制。因此,本文试图对EBP的基本假设提供更精确的说明。为了做到这一点,它借鉴了一种被称为过程可靠性的认识论立场,它通过评估它是否已经通过一个或多个认识论上可靠的决策过程来达到来分析信念的正当性。通过这一框架,本文提出了一种以避免错误为原则,而不是以追求真理为原则的EBP新方法。
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引用次数: 6
Exploring the role of the state in the depoliticisation of UK transport policy 探索国家在英国交通政策非政治化中的作用
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557319x15707904263616
Louise Reardon, G. Marsden
This paper responds to calls for greater empirical investigation of the interrelationships between depoliticisation and repoliticisation processes. It does so by applying the ‘three faces’ (governmental, societal and discursive) organising perspective to a longitudinal analysis of transport policy in the UK. This case is important because acceptance of the current dominant policy solution ‐ infrastructure spending ‐ appears to have come full circle over a 30-year period. The research finds that today’s focus on infrastructure is enabled through intersecting and reinforcing depoliticisation processes, supporting the ‘three faces’ perspective. However, the paper also highlights the need for greater recognition of the state as a meta-governor of depoliticisation and the need for clarity on which aspect of a policy solution or problem (or the connections between them) is being depoliticised and repoliticised to better elucidate politicisation processes.
本文回应了对非政治化和再政治化过程之间相互关系进行更大实证调查的呼吁。它通过将“三面”(政府、社会和话语)组织视角应用于英国交通政策的纵向分析来做到这一点。这个案例很重要,因为对当前主导政策解决方案——基础设施支出——的接受似乎在30年的时间里兜了一个圈。研究发现,今天对基础设施的关注是通过交叉和加强非政治化进程来实现的,支持“三面”观点。然而,该论文还强调,需要更多地认识到国家是去政治化的元管理者,需要明确政策解决方案或问题(或它们之间的联系)的哪个方面正在被去政治化和再政治化,以更好地阐明政治化过程。
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引用次数: 9
The limits to the internationalisation of regulation: divergent enforcement strategies in China’s food safety regulation 监管国际化的限制:中国食品安全监管的不同执行策略
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557320x15898191176090
May Chu
This article empirically analyses enforcement strategies that characterise food safety regulations in China. It demonstrates that the Chinese government has deployed a dichotomous approach, resulting in very different regulations in its domestic and export food markets. The export food sector exhibits strong deterrent measures whereas regulation of domestic food markets is reactive and relies on persuasive approaches to enforcement. These variations between the two sectors result from a combination of the internationalisation of regulatory practice in the case of exports and resource constraints, a lack of institutional capacity and resistance to regulation from intertwined business and government interests when it comes to domestic food markets. This article addresses a gap in existing theories of regulation by showing how an industrialising economy with an authoritarian regime employs an accommodative and pragmatic approach to regulation that balances international pressure and national interests and produces contrasting approaches in different sectors.
本文对中国食品安全法规的执法策略进行了实证分析。这表明,中国政府采取了一种二分法,导致国内和出口食品市场的监管截然不同。出口食品部门表现出强有力的威慑措施,而对国内食品市场的监管是被动的,依赖于有说服力的执法方法。这两个部门之间的差异是由于出口和资源限制方面监管实践的国际化、机构能力的缺乏以及在国内食品市场方面企业和政府利益交织在一起对监管的抵制等综合因素造成的。本文通过展示专制政权下的工业化经济如何采用一种宽容和务实的监管方法来平衡国际压力和国家利益,并在不同部门产生不同的方法,解决了现有监管理论中的空白。
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引用次数: 3
Advancing behavioural public policies: in pursuit of a more comprehensive concept 推进行为公共政策:追求更全面的概念
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557320x15907721287475
Benjamin Ewert, Kathrin Loer
Behavioural public policy is predominantly based on insights from behavioural economics and psychology in order to ‘nudge’ people to act in line with specific aims and to overcome the dilemma of behaviour that contradicts economic rationality. In contrast, we define behavioural public policy as a multi-disciplinary and multi-methodological concept that utilises insights from the whole range of behavioural research. Based on a scoping review and peer survey we see merit in behavioural insights from disciplines such as anthropology, geography and sociology as well as the application of qualitative methods. Our findings identify the need to advance behavioural public policy conceptually and methodologically. This article challenges our current understanding of behavioural policymaking by integrating ‘foreign’ views and approaches that do not (yet) belong to the core discipline. We argue that behavioural public policy should not be a synonym for a limited number of policy approaches (for example, nudges) based on specific research methods (for example, randomised control trials) to reach individual behaviour change. Instead, our findings suggest a redefinition of the scientific footing of behavioural public policy.
行为公共政策主要基于行为经济学和心理学的见解,以“推动”人们按照特定目标行事,并克服与经济理性相矛盾的行为困境。相比之下,我们将行为公共政策定义为一个多学科和多方法的概念,它利用了整个行为研究范围的见解。根据范围审查和同行调查,我们看到人类学、地理学和社会学等学科的行为见解以及定性方法的应用的价值。我们的研究结果确定了在概念和方法上推进行为公共政策的必要性。本文通过整合不属于核心学科的“外国”观点和方法,挑战了我们目前对行为政策制定的理解。我们认为,行为公共政策不应该成为基于特定研究方法(例如,随机对照试验)的有限数量的政策方法(例如,轻推)的同义词,以达到个人行为改变。相反,我们的发现建议重新定义行为公共政策的科学基础。
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引用次数: 8
Rescaling education policy: central‐local relations and the politics of scale in England and Sweden 重新调整教育政策:英格兰和瑞典的中央-地方关系和规模政治
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557320x15835195302535
Ingela K. Naumann, C. Crouch
Governments worldwide have sought to introduce greater choice and competition as mechanisms to improve the quality of education provision and outcomes. However, there is considerable cross-national variation in education policy, particularly regarding the role of local government. To explain such differences, this article focuses on recent reforms in compulsory education in England and Sweden. It shows that although governments in both countries have advocated choice, competition and participation, education reform has led to the centralisation of school governance in England but decentralisation in Sweden. Drawing on the concept of ‘scalecraft’ as a specific form of ‘statecraft’, it argues that these differences in the rescaling of education policy reflect different conceptions of central‐local relations and the role of local government. More broadly, the article shows how national governments strategically use scalar reorganisation (scalecraft) to support broader political goals (statecraft), contributing to a better understanding of the spatial dimensions of public policy reform.
世界各国政府都试图引入更多的选择和竞争,作为提高教育质量和成果的机制。然而,各国在教育政策方面存在相当大的差异,特别是在地方政府的作用方面。为了解释这种差异,本文将重点放在英国和瑞典最近的义务教育改革上。它表明,尽管两国政府都提倡选择、竞争和参与,但教育改革导致了英国学校管理的集中化,而瑞典学校管理的分散化。将“规模治理”概念作为“治国方术”的一种具体形式,本文认为,教育政策规模调整中的这些差异反映了中央与地方关系和地方政府角色的不同概念。更广泛地说,这篇文章展示了国家政府如何战略性地利用标量重组来支持更广泛的政治目标(治国方略),有助于更好地理解公共政策改革的空间维度。
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引用次数: 2
Co-production in the recruitment of frontline public service employees 在招聘一线公务员方面的合作
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557320x15986403024733
Jakob Trischler, J. Kaluza
This article analyses whether involving public service users in the recruitment of frontline employees (FLEs) helps to identify candidates who have the skills needed to co-produce with citizens. It investigates user involvement in FLE recruitment in three public service organisations in Sweden – from the perspectives of service managers, service developers, Human Resource Managers, union representatives and frontline employees. It finds that involving users was perceived to be beneficial for attracting and identifying applicants with a user-centred mindset. User involvement was also seen useful for establishing realistic expectations of what public services can deliver. However, a perceived challenge was to ensure equality and equity of user contributions. This included finding users who were sufficiently informed but without resorting to ‘expert users’. Many users required preparation, which added to the complexity and cost of recruitment, and it was important to overcome internal resistance by involving staff in designing and trialling the process.
本文分析了让公共服务使用者参与招聘前线员工是否有助于确定具备与市民共同生产所需技能的候选人。它从服务经理、服务开发人员、人力资源经理、工会代表和一线员工的角度,调查了瑞典三家公共服务机构在FLE招聘中的用户参与情况。研究发现,用户参与被认为有利于吸引和识别具有以用户为中心心态的申请人。用户的参与也被认为有助于建立对公共服务能够提供什么的现实期望。然而,一个显而易见的挑战是确保用户贡献的平等和公平。这包括寻找那些充分了解情况但不求助于“专家用户”的用户。许多用户需要准备,这增加了征聘的复杂性和费用,因此必须通过让工作人员参与设计和试验这一过程来克服内部阻力。
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引用次数: 1
Who are behavioural public policy experts and how are they organised globally? 谁是行为公共政策专家?他们是如何在全球范围内组织起来的?
IF 4.7 2区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1332/030557320x15956825120821
Holger Strassheim
Behavioural public policy has spread internationally over recent years. Worldwide, expert units are translating insights from behavioural sciences into policy interventions. Yet, behavioural expert networks are a puzzling case. They seem to oscillate between two modes of collective action: as an epistemic community, they are based on the consensual belief that biases in behaviour pose a problem for policymaking. As an instrument constituency, they bring together a diversity of actors, unified not by consensual beliefs about problems but by practices of promoting behavioural instruments as solutions. Drawing on a review of literature, this article provides a systematic analysis of the relation between epistemic communities and instrument constituencies. It argues that there has been an ‘agency shift’ from one mode to the other. The implications are that experts should be aware of the fact that the instruments they are proposing might develop a political life of their own.
近年来,行为公共政策已在国际上传播开来。在世界范围内,专家单位正在将行为科学的见解转化为政策干预措施。然而,行为专家网络是一个令人困惑的案例。他们似乎在两种集体行动模式之间摇摆:作为一个认知共同体,他们基于一种共识,即行为偏见会给政策制定带来问题。作为工具支持者,他们汇集了各种各样的行动者,统一他们的不是关于问题的共识信念,而是促进行为工具作为解决办法的做法。在回顾文献的基础上,本文对认知共同体和工具选区之间的关系进行了系统的分析。它认为,已经出现了从一种模式到另一种模式的“代理转移”。其含义是,专家们应该意识到这样一个事实,即他们提出的工具可能会发展出自己的政治生命。
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