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Practices of Truth: Democratic Professionals and Policy-Relevant Knowledge

Public Administration
Knowledge
Policy Implementation
Policy-Making
P433
Imrat Verhoeven
University of Amsterdam
The Politics and Practice of Truth: Critical and Interpretive Perspectives on the Relationship Between Evidence and Policy in Post-Truth Times

Abstract

Scholars emphasise the crucial role that (frontline) professionals play in turning often vague or inchoate policy into action. Yet the authority of professional expertise is under increasing threat, disrupting traditional hierarchies of power and knowledge. This panel aims to understand their interpretation of evidence-in-practice and its implications in post-truth times. How and with what effect do democratic professionals seek to justify their actions against in post-truth times?

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