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Using knowledge for control in fragmented policy arenas

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  • Janet A. Weiss

    (Associate Professor in the School of Business Administration and the Institute of Public Policy Studies, and Faculty Associate of the Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan)

  • Judith E. Gruber

    (Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley)

Abstract

Analysts and researchers typically value knowledge for its contributions to the wisdom of policy action. Policymakers, however, typically value knowledge for its contributions to the exercise of political control. Our research on flows of knowledge among federal, state, and local education agencies documents how knowledge may increase the effectiveness of various control strategies. In these cases, knowledge is not intended to enhance rationality; it may or may not. It is intended to enhance control, and it does. Knowledge for control is particularly useful to policymakers who seek to intervene in policy arenas characterized by fragmented authority and widely dispersed resources.

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  • Janet A. Weiss & Judith E. Gruber, 1984. "Using knowledge for control in fragmented policy arenas," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 3(2), pages 225-247.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:3:y:1984:i:2:p:225-247
    DOI: 10.1002/pam.4050030205
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    1. Falk Daviter, 2015. "The political use of knowledge in the policy process," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 48(4), pages 491-505, December.

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