The Argumentative Turn Revisited by Frank Fischer

The Argumentative Turn Revisited by Frank Fischer

Taking stock of developments in argumentative policy analysis during the past two decades, The Argumentative Turn Revisited demonstrates the value of the approach and advocates its adoption by contemporary policy makers and analysts.

“This is a worthwhile resource for an emerging and important area of policy studies” - R. Heineman, Choice “The ‘argumentative turn’ has grown into a conceptually rich and still fertile and promising approach to policy research and theory in numerous policy domains and issues.” - Robert Hoppe, Social Policy & Administration "The Argumentative Turn Revisited is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding and improving democracy in policy and planning. Through theoretical refinement and new empirical examples, the contributors do an excellent job of further developing an already-strong approach to policy analysis and planning research."-Bent Flyvbjerg, author of Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again "Given the strength of the argumentative turn in scholarly circles and its still-growing promise in policy studies, these essays by important figures in argumentative analysis will be welcomed by policy scholars and practitioners alike. Many rank-and-file social scientists still associate this school of thought with Habermasian communicative action/deliberative action frameworks. This collection recalls those origins even as it shows how far the argumentative turn has progressed beyond them. It should be used far and wide."-Timothy Luke, Director, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virginia Tech "The argumentative turn in policy analysis has taken another major turn for the better. Whether one accepts the arguments presented here or not, they cannot be ignored, and this book contains an impressive collection of essays advancing this approach to policy."-B. Guy Peters, coauthor of Interactive Governance: Advancing the Paradigm “This is a worthwhile resource for an emerging and important area of policy studies.” - R. Heineman (Choice)

“The ‘argumentative turn’ has grown into a conceptually rich and still fertile and promising approach to policy research and theory in numerous policy domains and issues.”

- Robert Hoppe (Social Policy & Administration) “Overall, this book presents a good, updated picture of the field of argumentative policy analysis.” - Nick Turnbull (Critical Policy Studies) “Fischer and Gottweis have assembled a remarkable book which makes a very real contribution not only to the critical policy studies literature but also to wider political analysis in general. A weighty edited collection . . . The chapters are theoretically vigorous-the authors score well on the intellectual duty of the analyst to ‘show one’s workings’-and consequently this is an extremely valuable book, providing a greater insight into certain perspectives than has previously existed…this has ‘classic text’ written all over it.” - David S. Moon (Political Studies Review)

Frank Fischer is Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at Rutgers University. He also teaches at the university's E. J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and is a Senior Faculty Fellow at the University of Kassel in Germany. His books include Democracy and Expertise: Reorienting Policy Inquiry and The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning (coedited with John Forester), which is also published by Duke University Press.

Herbert Gottweis is Professor of Political Science at the University of Vienna and Visiting Professor at the United Nations University in Tokyo and in the Sociology Department at Kyung Hee University in Seoul. Among his books is Governing Molecules: The Discursive Politics of Genetic Engineering in Europe and the United States.

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ISBN 13	9780822352631
ISBN 10	082235263X
Title	The Argumentative Turn Revisited
Author	Frank Fischer
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Duke University Press
Year published	2012-06-04
Number of pages	277
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