Policy-Making as Designing: The Added Value of Design Thinking for Public Administration and Public Policy

The Articles On Which Chapters 4, 5 And 6 Are Based Are Available Open Access Under Cc-by-nc Licence. Design Approaches To Policy-making Have Gained Increasing Popularity Among Policy Makers In Recent Years. First Published As A Special Issue Of Policy & Politics, This Book Presents Original Critical Reflections On The Value Of Design Approaches And How They Relate To The Classical Idea Of Public Administration As A Design Science, With A New Concluding Chapter. Contributors Consider The Potential, Challenges And Applications Of Design Approaches And Distinguish Between Three Methods Currently Characterising The Discipline: Design As Optimisation, Design As Exploration And Design As Co-creation. Developing The Dialogue Around Public Administration As A Design Science, This Collection Explores How A More ‘designerly’ Way Of Thinking Can Improve Public Administration And Public Policy.