Rethinking disproportionate policy making by introducing proportionate politics

Carsten Daugbjerg*, Allan McConnell

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    Abstract

    This article seeks to critique and extend recent work in the policy sciences, by Maor in particular, on disproportionate policy making—including policy overreaction and underreaction. While the disproportionate policy making thesis does help address assumptions that something is amiss in the policy process by capturing an imbalance between policy problems and the interventions to address them, we argue that it does not pay sufficient attention to politics. We present a heuristic which includes political perception of both programme and political threats. Our core argument is that much of what is considered disproportionate policy making, can in fact also be considered proportionate politics. Our analysis paves the way for a more holistic and political understanding of policy dynamics.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)691-706
    Number of pages16
    JournalPolicy Sciences
    Volume54
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021

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