My research into policy practice was motivated by the problem I had both reflecting on, and talking about, what I did as a local government mid-level official.
It therefore came as a great relief when I read this quote in Beryl Radin’s US-based book about policy analysts:
“They seem to need a language to describe what they do and to convince themselves – as well as others – that they contribute to the process” (Radin, 2013, p. 221)
It seemed I wasn’t alone.
Over the years, I have read a lot of conceptual and research literature in addition to undertaking primary research. I now have a deeper understanding and a language to talk about policy practice, what influences its enactment, and how it does, or should, develop.
This site aims to share the language in anticipation that it helps to reflect on practice, generate conversations between practitioners, and, explain that practice to others.
Reference
Local policy practice by Helen Wilding is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.