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Virtue and Responsibility in Policy Research and Advice

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Authors:
  1. Berry Tholen

    1. Institute for Management Research, Department of Public Administration, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  • Brings together findings from the philosophy of science and from studies on policy advice in a clear and systematic overview
  • Argues that ethical judgment in scientific policy advice is inevitable
  • Examines what kind of value decisions an expert advisor in the field of Policy analysis and Public Administration has to make
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Ideal of Value Neutrality in Policy Research and Advice: Some Inconvenient Observations

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    Pages 1-10

  3. Setting the Stage: Epistemological and Social Values for Scientific Research and Advice

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 11-20

  4. Deciding What Is Worth Knowing

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 21-29

  5. Deciding on Tools and Risks

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 31-38

  6. Deciding on the Advisory Role

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 39-47

  7. Addressing Non-Epistemological Issues

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 49-55

  8. Solving the Issue by Distinguishing Types of Problems

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 57-63

  9. Solving the Issue by Bringing in Democracy

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 65-75

  10. Solving the Issue by Introducing Principles and Procedures

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 77-88

  11. Solving the Issue by Bringing Virtue Ethics into Play

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 89-97

  12. Conclusion: Scientific Policy Advice and Ethical Judgment

    • Berry Tholen
    Pages 99-106

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 107-111
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About this book

This book argues that ethical judgment by individual scientific policy advisors is more important than is often acknowledged. While many scientific policy advisors routinely present themselves as neutral or value free scientists, here is demonstrated that the ideal of scientific integrity as neutrality is misguided and that an alternative understanding is demanded. The book provides an overview of the type of social and political value decisions that have to be made in all phases of research and advice. It moves on to examine proposed procedures or guidelines for scientists and critically assesses plans for the democratization of decision making in science and scientific advice. The book offers a reflection on the practice of scientific advice that will appeal to practitioners and scholars of Public Administration, Public Management and Policy Analysis.





Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Management Research, Department of Public Administration, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Berry Tholen

About the author

Berry Tholen is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the Institute for Management Research Radboud University, the Netherlands.





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