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Policy sciences and democracy: a reexamination

verfasst von: Douglas Torgerson

Erschienen in: Policy Sciences | Ausgabe 3/2017

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The public, well, the dear public can be bamboozled with phrases.

–Harold D. Lasswell, 1924¹

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Quoted in Torgerson (1990: 349; cf. 341n. 9 and corresponding text).

See the criticisms by Farr et al. (2006, 2008), together with the apt rejoinder by Brunner (2008). Both sides of this debate address Lasswell’s work at the level of his practice, as well as conceptually. That is a promising connection, but deserves to be probed further—and should not, in any case, distract from the particular significance of the conceptual level (see Torgerson 2015: 43n. 4 and corresponding text).

Horwitz’s critique of Lasswell as ‘the master propagandist’ (1962), although distinguished by the quality of its research, relies overmuch on Lasswell’s early theme of ‘control’ and fails to recognize the theme of ‘emancipation,’ which is accentuated later (e.g., Lasswell 1951a: 524; cf. Torgerson 1985: 241–244). In contrast to control through propaganda, an emancipatory interest in enlightenment extols the pedagogical or therapeutic. By the same token, perplexities do persist for any critical approach committed to democracy (see Torgerson 2015: 31–36).

A notable example is the Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, which (due to political exigencies) included experts in both modern science and traditional indigenous knowledge. Although the two sets of experts did not come to agree on epistemological principle, they did achieve mutual respect and a consensus on policy recommendations (see Torgerson 2003: 128–131).

See Torgerson (2007a), where Bahktin’s ‘dialogue’ and Rancière’s ‘disagreement’ are addressed.

Dewey indicates that the discussion of propaganda requires the perspective of a specialist, quite possibly having in mind Lasswell, who had completed his Ph.D. thesis on the topic the previous year. Lasswell, in fact, had met Dewey for ‘a rather extended conversation’ while in high school and, as a graduate student, was ‘occasionally able to talk’ with Dewey at the home of George Herbert Mead (Marvick 1977: 17, 21–22). In any event, Lasswell would later designate his conception of the policy sciences as an ‘adaptation of the general approach to public policy that was recommended by John Dewey and his colleagues in American pragmatism’ (1971: xiv).

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Titel: Policy sciences and democracy: a reexamination
verfasst von: Douglas Torgerson
Publikationsdatum: 24.07.2017
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Policy Sciences / Ausgabe 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0032-2687
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-017-9291-3

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