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Speaking good to power: repositioning global policy advice through normative framing

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The delegitimization of policy advice has generated a defensive response that combines an assertion of the superior scientific character of expertise with a forthright affirmation of social and political values. This more value-driven discourse of policy expertise is examined with the case study of the Global Solutions Summit/World Policy Forum, launched in 2017 to support the Think20 network of global policy advisors supporting the G20 meetings under the German presidency. The Global Solutions Summit has evolved into a more policy-wonkish version of the World Economic Forum held annually in Davos and now is a switching point of global policy advice for the G7 as well. Through participant observation and an analysis of the proceedings of the annual summits since 2017, the article shows a distinctive configuration of normatively framed policy advice designed to overcome the social and political pathologies that have been the foundation of populist critiques of policy expertise.

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  • Leslie A Pal, 2023. "Speaking good to power: repositioning global policy advice through normative framing," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 42(3), pages 347-358.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:polsoc:v:42:y:2023:i:3:p:347-358.
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    1. Giliberto Capano & Michael Howlett & Leslie A Pal & M Ramesh, 2023. "Dealing with the challenges of legitimacy, values, and politics in policy advice," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 42(3), pages 275-287.

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    advisory systems; global public policy; World Policy Forum; T20; G20;
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    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General

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