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Speaking Truth to Power and Power to Truth: Reflections from the Pandemic

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  • Flavia Donadelli

    (Victoria University of Wellington)

  • Robert Gregory

    (Victoria University of Wellington)

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The complex relationship between science and politics has been a perennial issue in public administration. In this debate it is important to distinguish between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ politics, and between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ science. The Covid-19 pandemic has valorised the importance of science in shaping governmental responses, and has tended to contrast politics negatively with science. However, technocratic approaches to policymaking downplay the importance of politics in policymaking. Two case studies, of countries where there have been markedly different pandemic outcomes are used to illustrate the relationship between science and politics during this public health crisis – New Zealand and Brazil. In New Zealand there has been a positive and effective, if technocratic, relationship between science and politics, while in Brazil the relationship between the two domains has been fraught.

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  • Flavia Donadelli & Robert Gregory, 2022. "Speaking Truth to Power and Power to Truth: Reflections from the Pandemic," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 327-344, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:porgrv:v:22:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s11115-022-00606-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11115-022-00606-z
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    1. Flavia Donadelli, 2020. "When evidence does not matter: The barriers to learning from science in two cases of environmental policy change in Brazil," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 47(3), pages 313-321.
    2. Parker, Richard, 2006. "John Kenneth Galbraith," University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press, number 9780226646770, January.
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    Cited by:

    1. Kovanic, Martin & Steuer, Max, 2023. "Fighting against COVID-19: With or without politics?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 337(C).
    2. Tom Christensen & Per Lægreid, 2022. "Special Issue on The Scientization of Public Decision-Making Processes – the Relevance for the Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 215-221, June.

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