Critical Approaches to the Study of the Crisis in Politics and Policymaking

Session Submission Type: Virtual Created Panel

Session Description

Contemporary politics and public policy seem to be moving from one crisis to another. In policy terms, long duree or contested crises around issues like migration have recently been joined by sudden challenges to public health and economic security brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. In procedural terms, a creeping crisis of depoliticisation and exclusion in democratic politics has been exacerbated by the rise of right-wing populism and the further shrinking of state capacity. Papers in this panel consider how critical policy studies can aid our understandings of crisis in contemporary politics and public policy. Authors draw on different methods in the critical policy analysis toolkit - theoretical critique, narrative review, case study - to shed new light on pressing concerns in democratic governance, public policy and public administration.

Sub Unit

• Related Groups / Critical Policy Studies

Individual Presentations

• The Swedish Corona Strategy – Constitutional Security Management? - Oscar Leonard Larsson, The Swedish Defence University

• Violence Along Migration Routes: A Systematic Review - Alexandria J. Innes, City, University of London

• Devising Effective Multilingual Education Policies in Migrant Hosting Countries - Anna Malandrino, University of Bologna

• Deliberating Like a State: Public Administration and the Deliberative System - Rikki Dean, Goethe University Frankfurt

Chair

• Wendy Wright William Paterson University

Discussant

• Genevieve Fuji Johnson Simon Fraser University