Rethinking disproportionate policy making by introducing proportionate politics

Carsten Daugbjerg () and Allan McConnell ()
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Carsten Daugbjerg: University of Copenhagen
Allan McConnell: The University of Sydney

Policy Sciences, 2021, vol. 54, issue 3, No 11, 706 pages

Abstract: Abstract This article seeks to critique and extend recent work in the policy sciences, by Maor in particular, on disproportionate policy making—including policy overreaction and underreaction. While the disproportionate policy making thesis does help address assumptions that something is amiss in the policy process by capturing an imbalance between policy problems and the interventions to address them, we argue that it does not pay sufficient attention to politics. We present a heuristic which includes political perception of both programme and political threats. Our core argument is that much of what is considered disproportionate policy making, can in fact also be considered proportionate politics. Our analysis paves the way for a more holistic and political understanding of policy dynamics.

Keywords: Disproportionate policy making; Policy overreaction; Policy underreaction; Policy dynamics; Policy sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s11077-021-09426-2

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