Reinventing the policy sciences: Three steps back to the future |
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Authors: | Peter Deleon |
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Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver, 80202 Denver, CO, USA |
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Abstract: | This article examines the contemporary condition of the policy sciences in terms of its shortcomings, which can largely be attributed to an over reliance on instrumental rationality; the complexity of the problem contexts; and an increasingly technocratic orientation. These have combined to distance the policy sciences from their original multidisciplinary character and goals of human dignity and democratic governance. The essay argues that a return to these first principles requires three inter-related steps: a revision of the present policy sciences paradigm; the development of more democratic or participatory procedures; and a focus on problem definition. The article concludes by proposing means by which these steps could be operationalized.
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