Uncertainty in Policy Making - 9781138986381

Name: Uncertainty in Policy Making - 9781138986381
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Uncertainty in Policy MakingValues and Evidence in Complex Decisions\nAuthor(s): Michael Heazle, Paul Pillar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138986381, 978-1138986381\nSynopsis\nUncertainty in Policy Making explores how uncertainty is interpreted and used by policy makers, experts and politicians. It argues that conventional notions of rational, evidence-based policy making - hailed by governments and organisations across the world as the only way to make good policy - is an impossible aim in highly complex and uncertain environments; the blind pursuit of such a 'rational' goal is in fact irrational in a world of competing values and interests. \n\n The book centres around two high-profile and important case studies: the Iraq war and climate change policy in the US, UK and Australia. Based on three years' research, including interviews with experts such as Hans Blix, Paul Pillar, and Brian Jones, these two case.