Innovations in Critical Policy Analysis
What’s the Problem Represented to Be?
$148.98
- Hardcover
214 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2026
Summary
This edited volume brings together leading international scholars to critically engage with and extend Carol Bacchi’s influential ‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ approach, demonstrating its applicability beyond policy documents and across diverse social science disciplines.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447373797 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1447373790 |
| Author: | Jian Wu, Carol Bacchi, Anne Wilson, John Boswell, Stephen Kelly, Pamela Ugwudike, Amelia Odida, Tomas Mitander, Andreas Öjehag Pettersson, Stephanie Paterson |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 214 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘This timely volume reflects the burgeoning of international and interdisciplinary engagements with the WPR approach for critical policy analysis. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and policy activists.’ Susan Goodwin, The University of Sydney
‘This expertly curated volume invites readers to rediscover the critical foundations and innovative potential of the WPR approach – an inspiring catalyst for fresh thinking and reflexivity in critical policy research.’ Regine Paul, University of Bergen
‘As a sophisticated treatise on the existing power and latent potential of the WPR approach, this book will excite anyone interested in the political contingencies of problematisations.’ Rebecca Hewer, University of Edinburgh
About The Author
Jian Wu
Malin Rönnblom is Professor of Political Science at Karlstad University.
Rosalind Edwards is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton.
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