Generalised and Particularistic Thinking in Policy Analysis and Practice: The Case of Governance Reform in South Africa
(2011) In Development Policy Review 29(Suppl. 1). p.178-198- Abstract
- This article is concerned with the relationship between generalised and particularistic knowledge in the context of policy-making and policy analysis. It argues that it is problematic to assume that a reform model will generate similar outcomes across a wide variety of contexts. It presents a conceptual framework, including the concepts of transaction domain and domain consensus, that enables context-sensitive analyses. The argument is exemplified by South Africa's introduction in the 1990s of an Integrated Development Planning model, based on British reform experience and various international public-management models. With a case study of such planning in Lukhanji Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province, it illustrates how the... (More)
- This article is concerned with the relationship between generalised and particularistic knowledge in the context of policy-making and policy analysis. It argues that it is problematic to assume that a reform model will generate similar outcomes across a wide variety of contexts. It presents a conceptual framework, including the concepts of transaction domain and domain consensus, that enables context-sensitive analyses. The argument is exemplified by South Africa's introduction in the 1990s of an Integrated Development Planning model, based on British reform experience and various international public-management models. With a case study of such planning in Lukhanji Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province, it illustrates how the conceptual framework may be used in policy research and analysis. (Less)
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- Frödin, Olle LU
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- 2011
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- local government, Africa, South, development planning, public policy, Governance, institutions, governance theory
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- Development Policy Review
- volume
- 29
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- Suppl. 1
- pages
- 178 - 198
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- wos:000284962100008
- scopus:78650158252
- ISSN
- 0950-6764
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00525.x
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- English
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