{"product_id":"truth-and-post-truth-in-public-policy-paperback-9781108796071","title":"Truth and Post-Truth in Public Policy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108796071","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTruth and Post-Truth in Public Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Element analyses the phenomenon of post-truth and how it poses a problem for the public policy-oriented sciences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Fischer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108796071, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e75 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 0.7 cm, 0.16 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Fischer guides readers through a systematic and artfully argued application of the interpretive policy framework, offering not only a nuanced discussion about post-truth but also a tour of the workings of the framework (e.g., the concepts of social cognition, plausibility structures, truth regimes, and narrative arguments). As such, this is both a contribution to scholarship and a useful text for those seeking to learn more about the framework itself. Readers will benefit from Fischer's multi-disciplinary and critical theoretical perspective, sharpened over a career of provocative research about public participation and expert knowledge in policymaking. Above all, the book is a highly enjoyable and fluid read that not only provides an appraisal of where policy research currently sits in understanding post-truth but also establishes a roadmap for that research in the coming decades.' Kris Hartley, International Review of Public Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe phenomenon of post-truth poses a problem for the public policy-oriented sciences, including policy analysis. Along with “fake news,” the post-truth denial of facts constitutes a major concern for numerous policy fields. Whereas a standard response is to call for more and better factual information, this Element shows that the effort to understand this phenomenon has to go beyond the emphasis on facts to include an understanding of the social meanings that get attached to facts in the political world of public policy. The challenge is thus seen to be as much about a politics of meaning as it is about epistemology. The analysis here supplements the examination of facts with an interpretive policy-analytic approach to gain a fuller understanding of post-truth. The importance of the interpretive perspective is illustrated by examining the policy arguments that have shaped policy controversies related to climate change and coronavirus denial.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: Policy science, facts and the post-truth challenge\u003cbr\u003e 2. Post-truth defined\u003cbr\u003e 3. Post-truth: Ignorance and “anything goes”\u003cbr\u003e 4. The political rise of the post-truth culture\u003cbr\u003e 5. Emotion and post-truth: living with falsehoods\u003cbr\u003e 6. Social media and disinformation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Beyond the critique: rescuing interpretive social science\u003cbr\u003e 8. The interpretive policy-analytic approach: social meanings and alternative realities\u003cbr\u003e 9. Social Meaning in Interpretive Policy Analysis\u003cbr\u003e 10. Interpretive social science and the scientific community: The “hard” sciences\u003cbr\u003e 11. Citizens confront the experts: Context and emotion in ordinary reason\u003cbr\u003e 12. Political and policy knowledge as ordinary practical knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 13. Climate policy and denialism: A political illustration\u003cbr\u003e 14. Climate Policy and politics: the social translation of evidence into political knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 15. Climate research: Uncertain knowledge and falsification\u003cbr\u003e 16. COVID-19 denialism: Interpreting narrative arguments\u003cbr\u003e 17. Narrative arguments and the policy-analytic challenge: Interpreting COVID-19 statistics in social context\u003cbr\u003e 18. Rejecting COVID-19 lockdown: Interpreting political-economic and ideological arguments\u003cbr\u003e 19. Deliberating with post-truth deniers: Concluding remarks\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Media, information \u0026amp; communication industries [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Media, information \u0026amp; communication industries\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Media,%20information%20\u0026amp;%20communication%20industries%20%5BKNT%5D%22\"\u003eKNT\u003c\/a\u003e], Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Political campaigning \u0026amp; advertising [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political campaigning \u0026amp; advertising\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20campaigning%20\u0026amp;%20advertising%20%5BJPVL%5D%22\"\u003eJPVL\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001711546648,"sku":"9781108796071","price":17.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108796071i_466c155b-d2a5-4f30-83c6-4c8f9f4cc574.jpg?v=1696719561","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/truth-and-post-truth-in-public-policy-paperback-9781108796071","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}