Freezing deliberation through public expert advice

Bækkeskov, Erik; Öberg, PerOla

doi:10.1080/13501763.2016.1170192

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“…Territorial differences in terms of crisis response are also known from other crises. Regarding the H1N1 pandemic 2009 (better known as swine flu), Baekkeskov and Öberg (2017) analysed different vaccination policies of Denmark and Sweden, each supported by the dominant national expert opinions. While Sweden followed the approach of vaccinating large parts of its population, Denmark decided to recommend vaccination for risk groups only.…”

Section: A Geographical Perspective On (Corona) Crisismentioning

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From Corona Virus to Corona Crisis: The Value of An Analytical and Geographical Understanding of Crisis

Brinks

Ibert

2020

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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The term ‘crisis’ is omnipresent. The current corona virus pandemic is perceived as the most recent example. However, the notion of crisis is increasingly deployed as a signifier of relevance, rather than as an analytical concept. Moreover, human geography has so far little contributed to the interdisciplinary crisis research field which is fixated on the temporal aspects of crisis but neglects its spatiality. Against this background, the first aim of the paper is to demonstrate the value of thinking about crisis analytically. Therefore, we introduce theoretical knowledge developed within a recently emerging literature on crisis management. Second, we demonstrate the relevance of including geographical thinking into crisis research more systematically. Based on the TPSN‐framework by Jessop et al., we illustrate spatial dimensions of the ‘corona crisis’, its perception and handling in Germany. The empirical references are based on media reports.

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Section: A Geographical Perspective On (Corona) Crisismentioning

confidence: 99%

From Corona Virus to Corona Crisis: The Value of An Analytical and Geographical Understanding of Crisis

Brinks

Ibert

2020

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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“…None recalled stakeholders taking a stand. National media coverage offers corroboration; content analyses through June 2009 reveal few mentions of organizations voicing H1N1 response positions (Vasterman et al , p. 50; Baekkeskov and Öberg , pp. 19–21).…”

Section: Dutch and Danish 2009 H1n1 Response‐makingmentioning

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“…The sanguine view of H1N1 also prevailed in the Danish public discourse. Content analysis of newspaper coverage shows that H1N1 was mostly described as a minor threat (Baekkeskov and Öberg , pp. 26–27).…”

Section: Dutch and Danish 2009 H1n1 Response‐makingmentioning

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Same Threat, Different Responses: Experts Steering Politicians and Stakeholders in 2009 H1n1 Vaccination Policy‐making

Bækkeskov

2016

Public Administration

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Why do similar countries facing the same threat respond differently? To throw light on this question, this article analyses Dutch and Danish vaccinations against the 2009 H1N1 ‘swine’ influenza pandemic (most‐similar cases with different outcomes). Policy‐making in the cases intersected the politics of crisis management (including risk management and disaster management), pharmaceuticals and epidemic response. Uncertainty and urgency were basic conditions and reduced the potential for evidence‐based policy. Public health specialists, elected leaders, and organizations in the economy and society contributed to each national response. Related literatures show that such decision‐making can turn on politicians' blame avoidance (A1) or demonstrations of value to swing voters (A2), stakeholders seeking gains (B), or experts following national standards (i.e. norms) for appropriate response (C). While each of these four logics is in evidence to some degree, differences in norms used by national experts advising their governments on pandemic responses best answer the question in the extant cases.

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“…Experts and policy-makers are two distinct communities, separated by barriers and gaps that need to be bridged in order to achieve evidence-based policy (Löblová 2018). Recent decades have seen evidence-based policy take center stage in recommendations for how to improve public policy effectiveness and efficiency (Baekkeskov and Öberg 2017). Expertise can be produced at universities, research institutes, consultancies, think tanks, public authorities or other organizations (Weible et al 2012).…”

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Not a Security Issue: How Policy Experts De-Politicize the Climate Change–Migration Nexus

Ebrahimi

Ossewaarde

2019

Social Sciences

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Policy experts play an important role in coping with the climate change–human migration nexus. They offer expert solutions to decision makers, and thus, they contribute to de-politicizing the issue. The aim of this paper is to find out how different policy experts envision the climate change–human migration nexus. The Netherlands has been nominated as the seat of a Global Center of Excellence for climate Adaptation and aims to become a Global Center of Excellence in the water safety and security domain. Policy experts were selected based on a structured nominee process. We conducted semistructured interviews with policy experts and analyzed policy expert documentation. Interview transcripts and documents were examined via a coding frame. Unlike policymakers who link climate change and conflict, policy experts stress the economic and political factors of migration in which climate change issues happen. The major difference between the view of policymakers and policy experts on the link between climate change and human migration emerges from the frame of the climate refugee. In the context of the climate change–human migration nexus, policy experts act as a countervailing power that prevents the political exploitation of the nexus into a security issue.

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Freezing deliberation through public expert advice

Cited by 41 publications

References 57 publications

From Corona Virus to Corona Crisis: The Value of An Analytical and Geographical Understanding of Crisis

From Corona Virus to Corona Crisis: The Value of An Analytical and Geographical Understanding of Crisis

Same Threat, Different Responses: Experts Steering Politicians and Stakeholders in 2009 H1n1 Vaccination Policy‐making

Not a Security Issue: How Policy Experts De-Politicize the Climate Change–Migration Nexus

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