The Epistemics of Policymaking: from Technocracy to Critical Pragmatism in the UN Sustainable Development Goals

This essay examines epistemological tensions inherent in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) project. The clash between the totalizing logic of the SDGs and growing populist antipathy for expert governance can be better understood and potentially mediated through a critical pragmatist view. F...

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Main Author: Kris Hartley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2020-09-01
Series:International Review of Public Policy
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/1242