1. Conceptual Grammar for Analysing Policy Movement Work Group 2: Miguel Lim, Chris Muellerleile, Jana Bajevic, Tatyana Bajenova, Sina Westa, Janja Komljenovic

2. WG 2 - Asssigned Texts Dryzek, J. (2006). Policy Analysis as Critique. Hajer, M. and D. Laws. (2006). Ordering Through Discourse. – In Moran, M., Rein, M. and R. Goodin (eds). 2006. The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy.

3. Asssigned Texts Dryzek, J. (2006). Policy Analysis as Critique – “Critical theory is directed at an audience of sufferers in order to make plain to them the causes of their suffering” (p.192) – Attention to the linguistic turn and review of techniques to deal with ‘text’ – There are ‘tasks’ for the critical policy analyst

4. Asssigned Texts Hajer, M. and D. Laws. (2006). Ordering Through Discourse – The central role of the concept of ambivalence – ”Governing is in large a part a matter of defining the situation” (p.252) – Analysis’ goal: to ‘illuminate the mechanisms that are used to manage ambivalence’ (p.263) – Analysts’ ordering devices: beliefs, frames and discourses

5. Speaking to Peck et al. Mobility (Peck 2011) vs. Coining of policy in situ (Dryzek 2008, Hajer and Laws 2008) Both chapters not directly connected to policy travel – evolution of policy analysis as a field and tend to lean on constructivist side – Commonalities include: attention to both structure and agency Attention to ‘social’ reality around policy transfer

6. Speaking to Peck et al. Rational-instrumental towards embedded- relational A. Dryzek (2008): Technocratic > accommodative > critical analysis > linguistic turn B. Hajer and Laws (2008): Advocacy coalition framework > framing > narrative and discourse C. Peck (2011): focus on the mobility of policy: distinguishing between diffusion models, theories of transition, and neo-diffusionist approaches.

7. Speaking to Peck et al. Big picture issues: Critical policy analysis and/vs orthodox approaches to policy transfer Commitments of critical analysis (to ‘democracy’, other institutions) Emerging network society and networked problem solving

8. Speaking to Peck et al. Big picture issues: Peck and Peck and Theodore: rethink the notion of policy altogether in the context of policies, politics, and policy based "knowledge" that are highly mobile. Need for new methodologies to examine hybrid "policies"

9. Further questions What should we care about? Sufferers? Is critical policy analysis of policy transfer always about identifying a sufferer? If so, then: who what when where why…?

10. Further questions A consideration on the ontologies of policy and epistemologies/methodologies for understanding policy. – Do we need a new ontology of policy? – Does the conventional definition of policy help or hinder our research?