Critical Policy Studies

期刊简介：Critical Policy Studies brings contemporary theoretical and methodological discussions, both normative and empirical, to bear on the understanding and analysis of public policy, at local, national and global levels, emphasizing socially inclusive values. The journal offers a unique and geographically plural forum for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to challenge established accounts of policy-analytic methods, to explore alternative approaches to policy-making, and to promote democratic governance, including necessary debates towards the expansion of critical epistemologies. To this end, the journal concentrates on the relation of political and policy theory to specific practices of governance, in particular as they pertain to democratic governance, participatory practices, social justice, intersectional and decolonial policies, and general public welfare. This necessitates an emphasis on the interplay between qualitative and quantitative modes of inquiry. The journal thus moves beyond narrow empiricist approaches to pay special attention to interpretive, argumentative, discursive approaches to policy-making. Critical Policy Studies is a rigorous academic journal, and also pays special attention to the practical aspects of policy-making and analysis that confront real-world practitioners in different cultural contexts. While we emphasize academic articles, we explicitly welcome practical contributions that provide stories of insight related to efforts to transform domination or oppression in public policy practices and structures. In addition, the journal includes essays on current debates and opinions in the field, review articles that reflect on published research, and book reviews. Peer Review All articles that appear in Critical Policy Studies have been subjected to rigorous peer review. Submissions to the journal undergo an initial editor screening and, where it is decided to pursue the possibility of publication, are reviewed by two referees to whom the identity of the writer is not revealed. Where articles engage with the work of one or more of the editors themselves, referees are chosen not by the latter, but by another editor or member of the editorial board. This screening and refereeing process applies to all texts published in CPS except editorial introductions, comments on articles previously published, forum papers, comments on forum papers, and book reviews. All authors must adhere to the Publisher’s AI policy by clearly acknowledging within your manuscript any use of Generative AI tools.

【译文】批判政策研究带来了当代理论和方法论的讨论，包括规范性和实证性的讨论，以影响对地方、国家和全球层面公共政策的理解和分析，强调社会包容性价值观。该杂志为研究人员、政策制定者和从业者提供了一个独特的、地理上多元化的论坛，以挑战政策分析方法的既定观点，探索政策制定的替代方法，并促进民主治理，包括针对扩展批判认识论进行必要的辩论。为此，该杂志专注于政治和政策理论与具体治理实践的关系，特别是它们与民主治理、参与实践、社会正义、交叉和非殖民政策以及一般公共福利有关的关系。这就需要强调定性和定量探究模式之间的相互作用。因此，该杂志超越了狭隘的经验主义方法，特别关注解释性、论证性和话语性的政策制定方法。 《批判政策研究》是一本严谨的学术期刊，也特别关注不同文化背景下现实世界实践者所面临的政策制定和分析的实践方面。虽然我们强调学术文章，但我们明确欢迎实际贡献，这些贡献提供了与改变公共政策实践和结构中的统治或压迫的努力相关的见解故事。此外，该杂志还包括有关该领域当前辩论和观点的文章、反映已发表研究的评论文章以及书评。同行评审《关键政策研究》中出现的所有文章都经过严格的同行评审。向期刊提交的稿件会经过初步的编辑筛选，并在决定寻求出版的可能性时，由两名审稿人进行审查，但作者的身份不会被透露给审稿人。如果文章涉及一名或多名编辑本身的工作，审稿人不是由后者选择，而是由另一位编辑或编辑委员会成员选择。此筛选和评审过程适用于在 CPS 上发表的所有文本，但编辑介绍、对先前发表的文章的评论、论坛论文、对论坛论文的评论和书评除外。所有作者都必须遵守出版商的人工智能政策，在您的稿件中明确承认对生成人工智能工具的任何使用。