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Erschienen in: Public Organization Review 2/2022

22.04.2022

Special Issue on The Scientization of Public Decision-Making Processes – the Relevance for the Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic

verfasst von: Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid

Erschienen in: Public Organization Review | Ausgabe 2/2022

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The role of experts in public policymaking and the relations between political executives and experts has a long history in public administration research. Wildavsky (1979) addressed the issue of ‘speaking truth to power’ and Aberbach et al. (1981) discussed the grey zones between politicians and bureaucrats. In his seminal article “The science of muddling through”, Lindblom (1959) argued that political rationality is less about means-end relations than about collective agreement on policy action. Thus, the scientization of public decision-making processes are nothing new, but seems to have intensified during the last decade. …

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Metadaten
Titel
Special Issue on The Scientization of Public Decision-Making Processes – the Relevance for the Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic
verfasst von
Tom Christensen
Per Lægreid
Publikationsdatum
22.04.2022
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Public Organization Review / Ausgabe 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-022-00632-x

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