 “Evidence-based Policy†and “Policy of Evidenceâ€: The Dilemma of Post-Soviet SocietiesA. I. Soloviev () Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law, 2021, vol. 14, issue 5 Abstract: External and internalchallenges, risks and crisis phenomena operatingin the world and national states requirethe ruling regimes to flexibly restructurethe configuration of relations betweenpower and society. One of the toolsof such communication is the methods of“evidence-based policy†, which involve addressingthe population on the basis of expertand scientific recommendations whendeveloping goals that allow people not onlyto judge their legality, but also to challengeand correct their content. At the same time,in a number of transitional and authoritarianstates, preference is given to the “policy ofevidence†that demonstrates the priorities ofpolitically expedient actions of the authoritiesaimed not at partnership with society, but at mobilizing the support of the populationfor the implementation of the goalsof government policy. In this context, thearticle shows the objective and subjectivelimitations of the use of scientific andexpert data in the public sphere by a numberof post-Soviet states, the peculiarities ofthe correlation of “evidence-based policy†and “policy of evidence†in the activities ofthe ruling regimes, and assesses their prospectsin the short term in modern Russiansociety. Date: 2021 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ccs:journl:y:2021:id:854 DOI: 10.23932/2542-0240-2021-14-5-3 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law from Center for Crisis Society Studies |
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