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Explaining the legitimizing function of expert knowledge: how France got away with pain in farm animals

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journalArticle
Langue source
Anglais
Titre français
Titre anglais
Explaining the legitimizing function of expert knowledge: how France got away with pain in farm animals
Auteur(s)
  • CABY Vincent
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Autre(s)
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SJLPUM2S
Version
2642
Url zotero
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2567444/items/SJLPUM2S
Date ajout
28 janvier 2021 16:53
Date modification
28 janvier 2021 16:53
Résumé anglais
Scholars have long investigated connections between types of knowledge use and types of policy subsystem. Yet, most of them focus on the learning function of expert information. The legitimizing function of knowledge—when expertise serves as a substitute for decision (Boswell in J Eur Public Policy 15(4):471–488, 2008)—has attracted less attention. An empirically validated explanation of this function is still missing. This article tests existing hypotheses regarding which features of the subsystem are conducive to the legitimizing function. The demonstration rests upon a case study: France’s Ministry of Agriculture’s commissioning of INRA to carry out a systematic literature review on pain in farm animals. Two types of factors are involved in the legitimizing function of knowledge: environmental mechanisms (an adversarial policy subsystem, concentration of policy authority) and relational mechanisms (coalitions displaying epistemic uncertainty and exerting pressures on the source of policy authority, a policy broker mitigating the conflict between the two coalitions).
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CRAW tags
  • AB - Non-spécifique
  • FREDO mode élevage, bien-être et qualité
  • FREDO santé animale
  • GEO France
  • knowledge
  • blame avoidance
  • slaughter
  • élevage
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Titre de la publication
French Politics
Date caractères
2021-01-06
Date publication
6 janvier 2021
Doi
10.1057/s41253-020-00142-6 Le DOI est une URL unique de référencement d'une publication. Il est donc plus fiable et permanent qu'une URL classique
Issn
1476-3427 L’ISSN est un code de 8 chiffres servant à identifier les journaux, revues, magazines, périodiques de toute nature et sur tous supports, papier comme électronique.
Url publication
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41253-020-00142-6