Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

1-2021

Abstract

Policy scholars have long studied the phenomenon of policy advice, with the aim of understanding variations in the professional practice of policy analysts and other civil servants. The quest for theorizing the selection and use of advice and information in the policy process has triggered several attempts of typologizing the many facets of policy advice: the location and autonomy of the advisors, their roles, the content of advice, as well as the styles of policy advisors. The styles of policy advice bring attention to the standard operating procedures which influence the content and use of policy advice. This chapter develops a synthetic typology of styles of policy advice with a descriptive and explanatory purpose. First, the suggested typology can help in mapping the procedures of advising within policy advisory systems (PASs) in various jurisdictions. Second, the typology invites a series of explanations of why different governments or subsystems privilege one style of advice-making over the other. The typology takes stock of the latest developments in the fields of public policy and public administration, in particular the conceptualization of PASs as extending beyond the government sphere and the collaborative turn in governance research.

Keywords

Policy advice, policy making, policy analysts

Discipline

Political Science | Public Policy

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles

First Page

286

Last Page

299

ISBN

9780429286322

Identifier

10.4324/9780429286322-29

Publisher

Routledge

City or Country

New York

Embargo Period

6-10-2025

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429286322-29

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