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100 1 _aMONTPETIT, Éric
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245 1 0 _aPolicy design for legitimacy :
_bexpert knowledge, citizens, time and inclusion in the United Kingdom's biotechnology sector
260 _aMalden, MA :
_bBlackwell Publishers,
_cMarch 2008
520 3 _aMore than ever, policy designers need to take legitimacy deficits seriously. To do so, they increasingly involve citizens in policy design processes and draw from a wider range of expertise. Where should they stop in terms of inclusiveness to citizens and expertise and for how long should they allow citizens and experts to be persuasive? These are the questions addressed in this article. Policy design legitimacy, the article argues, can be related to variations in designers and politicians’ inclination to resort to output-oriented (expertise-based) versus input-oriented (citizen-centred) design processes. Input-oriented processes have a higher potential in terms of legitimacy deficit reduction than output-oriented processes, but they take longer, notably because they require the involvement of large numbers of people. In contrast, output-oriented processes have a slightly lower legitimacy potential, but can produce it faster. These propositions are illustrated by two policy design narratives drawn from the United Kingdom’s biotechnology sector
773 0 8 _tPublic administration : an international quarterly
_g86, 1, p. 259-277
_dMalden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, March 2008
_xISSN 14679299
_w
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998 _a20080618
_b2014^b
_cTiago
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
_c26787
_d26787
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