2019
DOI: 10.1080/14494035.2019.1579502
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Anticipating and designing for policy effectiveness

Abstract: The new design orientation in the policy sciences has placed renewed emphasis on problem-solving and developing effective public policies. In this paper, we contribute to this scholarship by presenting a policy framework on anticipating effective policies. We argue that anticipationthat is, foreseeing the future and preparing for itmust be central to how a policy is designed, executed and assessed. Anticipating policy effectiveness requires a careful understanding of the problem and its root causes, as well as… Show more

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“…Such studies view effectiveness as developing anticipatory designs which at t 0 is capable of addressing and preparing for what will happen at times t 1 … 2,3 in a manner that is consistent with an agent's expectations over that time period (Bali, Capano and Ramesh 2019). This requires "a system of institutions, rules and norms that provides a way to use foresight for the purpose of reducing risk and to increase capacity to respond to events at early rather than later stages of their development" (Fuerth 2009, 19;Quay 2010;Karinen and Guston 2010;Miller 2012).…”
Section: Three Levels Of Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Such studies view effectiveness as developing anticipatory designs which at t 0 is capable of addressing and preparing for what will happen at times t 1 … 2,3 in a manner that is consistent with an agent's expectations over that time period (Bali, Capano and Ramesh 2019). This requires "a system of institutions, rules and norms that provides a way to use foresight for the purpose of reducing risk and to increase capacity to respond to events at early rather than later stages of their development" (Fuerth 2009, 19;Quay 2010;Karinen and Guston 2010;Miller 2012).…”
Section: Three Levels Of Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Attaining responsive policies involves accurately assessing underlying levels of uncertainty and the design of appropriate tools to address them; this requires a great deal of governmental policy capacity (Howlett, Mukherjee and Woo 2015;Bali, Capano and Ramesh, 2019). Designers seeking such solutions need to overcome institutional constraints such as the availability and access to data to conduct relevant analyses, as well as deploy additional resources to manage future known and "unknown unknowns" (Nair and Howlett 2017).…”
Section: Three Levels Of Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…There is consensus among contemporary policy scholars that the main goal of policy design is effectiveness (Bali, Capano, and Ramesh 2019;Peters et al 2018). All policymaking in theory is geared towards a single purposeto achieve governmental objectives, whatever they may be.…”
Section: Goal Ambiguity As An Impediment To Effective Designmentioning
confidence: 99%