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- Auteur: Kenkel, Kai Michael
- Titre: Whispering to the prince
- Sous-titre: academic experts and national security policy
formulation in Brazil, South Africa and Canada
- URL: - PDF -
- Université: Université de Genève
- Faculté de soutenance: Institut universitaire des hautes études
internationales
- Discipline: Histoire et politique internationale
- Directeur de thèse: Krause, Keith
- Résumé: This thesis posits three sets of factors governing
academics' participation in security policy formulation processes at the national
level. These are uncertainty; policymaker attributes such as specialised knowledge,
institutionalised prestige and specific forms of argumentation; and the normative
resonance of experts' inputs with policymakers' expectations. The argument
follows a triple progression: from structural to ideational factors; from
the notion of value-free science to embrace of self-conscious policy advocacy;
and a progression of types of input mirroring the advancement of the policy
process. These claims were tested through extensive field research covering
the policy processes in Brazil, South Africa and Canada over the last ten
years.
Situated at the confluence of several avenues of research, the investigation
provides important insights into policy relevance, the relationship of theory
and practice; the role of outside actors in policy processes, and the interplay
between the normative and scientific commitments of social scientists.
- Mots-clés: international relations; defence policy;
Brazil; South Africa; Canada
- Editeur: Université de Genève
- Date de soutenance: 2004/10/14
- Numéro de la thèse: HEI 683
- Diplôme: Doctorat
- Format: application/pdf
- Source: Aucune source: créé en format lisible par machine
- Langue principale de la thèse: eng
- Copyright: Copyright Kenkel, Kai Michael et Université de
Genève (2004). Ce document est protégé en vertu de la
loi du droit d'auteur.