The Role of Narratives in Migration Policy-Making: A Research Framework
The Role of Narratives in Migration Policy-Making: A Research Framework
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-856x.2010.00435.x
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发表时间：
2011-02-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Scholten, Peter
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作者：
Boswell, Christina;Geddes, Andrew;Scholten, Peter
虽然关于移徙政策的辩论往往围绕着相互对立的价值观和利益，但它们也援引了关于移徙的原因、动态和影响的知识主张。此类主张最好被概念化为“政策叙述”，阐述了有关政策问题和适当干预措施的信念。叙事在满足三个标准的情况下可能会更成功：它们在认知上是合理的，戏剧性或道德上是令人信服的，重要的是，它们与感知的利益相一致。越来越多地，这样的叙述也预计利用专家知识，虽然知识往往是部署，以合法化特定的演员或偏好，而不是提高认知能力的叙事。本期的系列文章探讨了在政策辩论和政策制定中，叙述是如何发展、编纂、修订和传播的。我们希望，它们不仅有助于理解移徙政策，而且有助于就思想和知识在公共政策中的作用进行更广泛的辩论。
While debates on migration policy often revolve around rival values and interests, they also invoke knowledge claims about the causes, dynamics and impacts of migration. Such claims are best conceptualised as 'policy narratives', setting out beliefs about policy problems and appropriate interventions. Narratives are likely to be more successful where they meet three criteria: they are cognitively plausible, dramatically or morally compelling and, importantly, they chime with perceived interests. Increasingly, such narratives are also expected to draw on expert knowledge, although knowledge is often deployed to legitimise particular actors or preferences rather than to enhance the cognitive plausibility of the narrative. The series of articles in this issue explore how narratives are developed, codified, revised and diffused in policy debates and policy-making. We hope that they contribute not just to understanding migration policy, but also to wider debates on the role of ideas and knowledge in public policy.