Handbook of Critical Policy Studies, Hardcover by Fischer, Frank (EDT); Torge...

Handbook of Critical Policy Studies, Hardcover by Fischer, Frank (EDT); Torgerson, Douglas (EDT); Durnová, Anna (EDT); Orsini, Michael (EDT), ISBN 1783472340, ISBN-13 9781783472345, Brand New, Free shipping in the USThis volume brings together 25 chapters contributed by an international group of political science, policy, and other specialists, who discuss topics in critical policy studies, with emphasis on the themes of power, justice, democracy, deliberation, discourse, and empowerment in the policymaking process. They describe the origins and theoretical development of the field, including the roles of Harold D. Lasswell, Jürgen Habermas, and Michel Foucault, and the critical orientation and argumentative turn in policy analysis; theoretical perspectives, focusing on poststructuralist discourse theory and cultural political economy; policy discourse and deliberation, including discursive institutionalism, social justice, deliberative democracy, and the role of emotion; the political, discursive, and constructivist character of policy processes, in terms of agenda setting, policy formulation, and policy texts; the role of expert knowledge in complex problems like global warming, food insecurities, and sustainability and global governance, as well as the role of policy think-tanks and social movements; and methodological issues like interpretive analysis, frame analysis, ethnography, and feminist perspectives. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()