Abstract
The delegitimization of policy advice has generated a defensive response that combines an assertion of the superior scientific character of expertise with a forthright affirmation of social and political values. This more value-driven discourse of policy expertise is examined with the case study of the Global Solutions Summit/World Policy Forum, launched in 2017 to support the Think20 network of global policy advisors supporting the G20 meetings under the German presidency. The Global Solutions Summit has evolved into a more policy-wonkish version of the World Economic Forum held annually in Davos and now is a switching point of global policy advice for the G7 as well. Through participant observation and an analysis of the proceedings of the annual summits since 2017, the article shows a distinctive configuration of normatively framed policy advice designed to overcome the social and political pathologies that have been the foundation of populist critiques of policy expertise.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 347-358 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Policy and Society |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | Jun 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Oct 2023 |
Keywords
- Advisory systems
- G20
- Global public policy
- T20
- World Policy Forum