| Description |
viii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Contents |
I. The Argumentative Turn: Policy Institutions and Practices. Policy Discourse and the Politics of Washington Think Tanks / Frank Fischer. Discourse Coalitions and the Institutionalization of Practice: The Case of Acid Rain in Great Britain / Maarten A. Hajer. Political Judgment and the Policy Cycle: The Case of Ethnicity Policy Arguments in the Netherlands / Robert Hoppe. Counsel and Consensus: Norms of Argument in Health Policy / Bruce Jennings -- II. Analytical Concepts: Frames, Tropes, and Narratives. Survey Research as Rhetorical Trope: Electric Power Planning Arguments in Chicago / J. A. Throgmorton. Reframing Policy Discourse / Martin Rein and Donald Schon. Reading Policy Narratives: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends / Thomas J. Kaplan. Learning from Practice Stories: The Priority of Practical Judgment / John Forester -- III. Theoretical Perspectives. Policy Analysis and Planning: From Science to Argument / John S. Dryzek |
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Planning Through Debate: The Communicative Turn in Planning Theory / Patsy Healey. Policy Reforms as Arguments / William N. Dunn. Guidelines for Policy Discourse: Consensual versus Adversarial / Duncan MacRae, Jr |
| Summary |
"Public policy is made of language. Whether in written or oral form, argument is central to all parts of the policy process. As simple as this insight appears, its implications for policy analysis and planning are profound. Drawing from recent work on language and argumentation and referring to such theorists as Wittgenstein, Habermas, Toulmin, and Foucault, these essays explore the interplay of language, action, and power in both the practice and the theory of policy-making. The contributors, scholars of international renown who range across the theoretical spectrum, emphasize the political nature of the policy planner's work and stress the role of persuasive arguments in practical decision making. Recognizing the rhetorical, communicative character of policy and planning deliberations, they show that policy arguments are necessarily selective, both shaping and being shaped by relations of power. These essays reveal the practices of policy analysts and planners in powerful new ways--as matters of practical argumentation in complex, highly political environments. They also make an important contribution to contemporary debates over postempiricism in the social and policy sciences." -- Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Debates and debating.
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Persuasion (Rhetoric)
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Policy sciences.
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| Author |
Fischer, Frank, 1942-
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Forester, John, 1948-
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| LC no. |
93016710 |
| ISBN |
0822313545 |
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0822313723 (paperback) |
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1857281837 |
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