Deliberative Policy Analysis: Understanding Governance in the Network Society (Theories of Institutional Design)

Large-scale social and political changes have revolutionized policy-making. Traditionally, policy analysis has been state-centered, based on the assumption that central government is self-evidently the locus of government. However, policy-making is often carried out today in loosely organized networks of public authorities, citizen associations and private enterprises. The contributors to this book argue that democratic governance now calls for a new deliberatively-oriented policy analysis. They provide examples from around the world to demonstrate how this would work in practice. Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 3 Series-title......Page 5 Title......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Contents......Page 9 Contributors......Page 11 Figures......Page 13 Tables......Page 14 Preface......Page 15 URLs......Page 17 Governance or the rise of a new vocabulary......Page 19 The need for an interpretative account of governance......Page 22 The new spaces of politics......Page 26 Politics and policymaking under the condition of radical uncertainty......Page 27 The increased importance of ‘difference’ for our understanding of politics......Page 28 Policymaking and the dynamics of trust and identity......Page 29 Towards a deliberative policy analysis......Page 31 Policy analysis for the network society......Page 33 Policy analysis is interpretative......Page 34 Policy analysis is practice-oriented......Page 36 Policy analysis is deliberative......Page 39 Conclusion: the transformative work of policy analysis......Page 41 Outline of the book......Page 43 Part I Policy conflict and deliberation in the network society......Page 49 1 Collaborative policymaking: governance through dialogue......Page 51 Authentic dialogue......Page 55 Diversity and interdependence......Page 57 Reciprocity......Page 60 Relationships......Page 61 Learning......Page 62 The Sacramento Water Forum as a model......Page 64 How collaborative planning can result in system adaptations......Page 65 Obstacles to collaborative dialogues......Page 68 Alternative models of planning and policymaking......Page 69 Can collaborative dialogue really make a difference?......Page 73 Emerging, flexible, adaptive institutions......Page 74 Conclusions and reflections......Page 76 The challenge of governance transformation......Page 78 Evaluating institutional capacity building......Page 80 A city-centre urban regeneration partnership......Page 85 Relational resources......Page 92 Knowledge resources......Page 97 Mobilization capacity......Page 99 The micro-politics of urban governance transformation......Page 101 Conclusions......Page 103 3 A frame in the fields: policymaking and the reinvention of politics......Page 106 The politics of nature: from conservation to development......Page 108 The limits to classical-modernist practices of policymaking......Page 109 The case of nature development: the government’s response......Page 112 Policymaking and the creation of political community......Page 113 New forms of governance as challenge for policy analysis......Page 117 Methods of a new policy analysis......Page 119 Terms of policy discourse......Page 121 Discourse coalitions......Page 125 Practices......Page 126 Conclusion and outlook......Page 127 Part II Rethinking policy discourse......Page 129 4 Democracy through policy discourse......Page 131 Democracy and policy discourse......Page 133 The ambivalent potential of reflexive policy discourse: Berger revisited......Page 135 Policy discourse in the looking glass......Page 138 Democracy and the policy orientation: the loyal opposition......Page 140 Dissident policy professionalism: the recognition of bias......Page 142 Public discourse and policy discourse: the case of the Clayoquot Sound scientific panel......Page 146 Reversing the order of policy discourse......Page 150 Democratic policy discourse: a question of power......Page 153 Introduction: the modernist legacy in policy analysis......Page 157 The emergence of practice in contemporary policy theory......Page 159 What is practice?......Page 161 Case study: the expansion of Schiphol airport......Page 175 Practices as units of reflexivity......Page 182 Governance, the practice perspective and democratic deliberation......Page 185 6 Reframing practice......Page 190 An interpretation of policy frames......Page 191 Frames and reframing in practice......Page 194 From NIMBY to community health partnerships......Page 198 Reframing in practice......Page 219 Part III Foundations of deliberative policy analysis......Page 225 7 Beyond empiricism: policy analysis as deliberative practice......Page 227 Mainstream policy analysis: empiricism and its technocratic practices......Page 229 Postempiricism: theoretical foundations......Page 231 Postempiricism: from proof to discourse......Page 235 Practical reason as reasoning-in-context......Page 237 Policy-analytic implications: the empirical in normative context......Page 239 Towards a policy science of democracy: institutions and practices......Page 241 Concluding remarks......Page 244 Policy analysis and communities of meaning......Page 246 ‘Culture’ and ‘interpretation’: argumentation by metaphor......Page 247 Accessing local knowledge: conducting meaning audits and mapping architectures of meaning?......Page 252 Analysing local knowledge......Page 257 Towards interpretative analyses: implications for professional practice......Page 259 Points of departure I: policy analysis after Saussure......Page 265 Points of departure II: policy analysis and the ‘real’......Page 267 Poststructuralist policy analysis: an approach without actors and structures?......Page 270 Policymaking and the analytics of government......Page 273 Policymaking as ‘ordering activity’......Page 276 Policymaking and reflexive government......Page 280 References......Page 284 Subject index......Page 315 Author index......Page 321 What kind of policy analysis is required now that governments increasingly encounter the limits of governing? Exploring the contexts of politics and policy making, this 2003 book presents an original analysis of the relationship between state and society, and new possibilities for collective learning and conflict resolution. The key insight of the book is that democratic governance calls for a new deliberatively-oriented policy analysis. Traditionally policy analysis has been state-centered, based on the assumption that central government is self-evidently the locus of governing. Drawing on detailed empirical examples, the book examines the influence of developments such as increasing ethnic and cultural diversity, the complexity of socio-technical systems, and the impact of transnational arrangements on national policy making. This contextual approach indicates the need to rethink the relationship between social theory, policy analysis, and politics. The book is essential reading for all those involved in the study of public policy. A Forceful Argument For The Implementation Of A Deliberatively-oriented Policy Analysis In Democratic Governance. Collaborative Policymaking : Governance Through Dialogue / Judith E. Innes And David E. Booher -- Place, Identity And Local Politics : Analysing Initiatives In Deliberative Governance / Patsy Healey [and Others] -- A Frame In The Fields : Policymaking And The Reinvention Of Politics / Maarten Hajer -- Democracy Through Policy Discourse / Douglas Torgerson -- Understanding Policy Practices : Action, Dialectic And Deliberation In Policy Analysis / Hendrik Wagenaar And S.d. Noam Cook -- Reframing Practice / David Laws And Martin Rein -- Beyond Empiricism : Policy Analysis As Deliberative Practice / Frank Fischer -- Accessing Local Knowledge / Dvora Yanow -- Theoretical Strategies Of Poststructuralist Analysis : Towards An Analytics Of Government / Herbert Gottweis. Edited By Maarten Hajer And Hendrik Wagenaar. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 266-296) And Indexes. Traditionally, policy analysis has been state-centred. Today, however, policy-making is often carried out in loosely organized networks of public authorities, citizen associations and private enterprises. Providing examples from around the world, the contributors argue that democratic governance now calls for a new deliberatively-oriented policy analysis