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Dissertation
Towards an evaluation of policy through the analysis of language : Governance and brownfield in London
2000
Overview
The first strand of this thesis is methodological. The debate over the role and form of policy evaluation is taken forwards, in concert with a discussion about the way that language is used in policy-making. Emerging from these concerns is an attempt to develop a linguistic analytical framework for specific policy discussions, concentrating on the occurrences of different types of speech act, and placing them within a discursively-constructed context. The intention is to develop a tool that can be applied in a wide range of instances. The framework has a normative basis - it is aimed at measuring progress towards a more 'ethical' debate. The ideas of Jürgen Habermas are employed to understand the factors that foster those particular verbal contributions that are oriented towards providing a greater common understanding. The second strand is theoretical. A critical assessment is made of an emerging political construct - the 'new governance' - widely promulgated as a means for delivering the 'third way'. In particular, the roles that 'deliberation' and 'partnership' play in the governance relation between state and society are examined in detail. This provides a starting point to discuss a number of relevant issues: urban policy; planning; sustainable development; devolution; and the use of communication and information technologies. These are developed at a general level, and then in the specific context of urban brownfield policy in London. These two strands are brought together by the empirical research. A project concerning the provision of information on brownfield land in London was initiated. This included a series of seminars that ran in February 1999. These provide an initial test for the evaluative framework. The thesis then makes a series of conclusions concerning the applicability of the framework, the reality of a 'third way' of governance, and the future of brownfield policy in London.
