Science and policy on the perspective of public managers:

relativizing borders

Authors

  • Maria José Teixeira Carneiro Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9090-9511
  • Laila Thomaz Sandroni Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-699220183301002

Keywords:

evidence-based policy, co-production, policy maker, policy, science and society

Abstract

This article presents a reflection on the interaction between science and public policy. based on interviews with policymakers from two ministries (Agrarian Development and Environment). The aim of the study was to identify the place attributed to scientific knowledge in the policy making process. For this it was necessary to recognize the policymakers’ perceptions of science. As a theoretical basis, we start from a critique of the notion of evidence-based policy, which proposes the instrumentalization of scientific knowledge by policy, in order to achieve the notion of “co-production” proposed by Jasanoff. This author argues that science, politics and culture are co-produced, being impossible to establish clear boundaries between them. We conclude that, among the interviewees, it prevails the valuation of science objectivity as a critical point to legitimate policy decisions. But, contradictorily, they also demand for greater involvement between science and government interests. It was also observed that, in spite of the difficulties noted on this interaction managers practices and discourses were permeated with references to scientific knowledge.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Maria José Teixeira Carneiro, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ

 Antropóloga, professora titular da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica (RJ), Brasil, Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade, bolsista do CNPq, coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Ciência, Natureza, Informação e Saberes (Cinais)

Laila Thomaz Sandroni, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ

Socióloga, mestre e doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências Sociais em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade na Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica (RJ), Brasil, integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa Ciência, Natureza, Informações e Saberes (Cinais)

References

CARNEIRO, Maria José; LEITE, Sergio; BRUNI, Rejan. Conhecimento científico e políticas públicas: mobilização e apropriação do saber em medidas de conservação da Mata Atlântica. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura (UFRRJ), v. 17, p. 254-303, 2009. [ Links ]

CARNEIRO, Maria José; PALM, Juliano Luis. Informando política pública: uma revisão bibliográfica sobre Pronaf e qualidade de vida (2016-2013). Raízes, v. 36, n. 1, Jan.-Jun. 2017. [ Links ]

DELATIN, Daniel; CARNEIRO, Maria José; SANDRONI, Laila Thomaz. De la investigación a la política pública: producción y circulación de conocimiento científico. Nómadas, n. 42, 2015. [ Links ]

EZHARI, Yaron. Science and the political imagination in contemporary democracies. In: JASANOFF, S. States of konowledge: the co-production of science and social order. London: Routledge, 2004. [ Links ]

FISCHER, Frank; FORESTER, John (Orgs.). The argumentative turn in policy analysis and planing. London: Taylor & Francis, 2002. [ Links ]

____. The argumentative turn in policy analysis and planning. Durham (NC): Duke University Press Books, 1993. [ Links ]

FREY, Klaus. Políticas públicas: um debate conceitual e reflexões referentes à prática da análise de políticas públicas no Brasil. Planejamento e Políticas Públicas, n. 21, Jun. 2000. [ Links ]

FOUCAULT, Michel. A ordem do discurso. São Paulo: Loyola, 2010. [ Links ]

FUKS, Mario. Definição da agenda, debate público e problemas sociais: uma perspectiva argumentativa da dinâmica do conflito social. Bib, n. 49, p. 79-94, 1º Sem. 2000. [ Links ]

FUNTOWICZ, Silvio; RAVETZ, Jerry. Epistemologia política: ciencia con la gente. Barcelona: Icaria Editorial, 2000. [ Links ]

____. Ciência pós-normal e comunidades ampliadas de pares face os desafios ambientais. História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos, v. 4, n. 2, p. 219-230, Out. 1997. [ Links ]

GRISA, Cátia. Políticas públicas para a agricultura familiar no Brasil: produção e institucionalização das ideias. Tese (Doutorado) - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, 2012. [ Links ]

JASANOFF, Sheila. States of konowledge: the co-production of science and social order. London: Routledge , 2004. [ Links ]

LATOUR, Bruno. Reassembling the social: an introduction to actor-network-theory. Oxford: Clarendon, 2005. [ Links ]

____. Jamais fomos modernos - ensaio de antropologia simétrica. São Paulo: Editora 34, 1994. [ Links ]

LAURENT, Catherine et al ii. O debate sobre as abordagens evidence-based ou evidence-aware policy no campo da agricultura. Revista Sociedade e Agricultura, Ano 17, v. 2, 2009. [ Links ]

LAW, John. Organizing modernity. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. [ Links ]

LEITE, Sérgio P. The role of policy makers in the formulation and implementation of public policy for brazilian agriculture. Latin American Perspectives, n. 43, p. 60-76, Mar. 2016, [ Links ]

NEVO, Isaac; SLONIM-NEVO, Vered. The myth of evidence-based practice: towards evidence-informed practice. British Journal of Social Work, v. 41, p. 1176-1197, 2011. [ Links ]

NUNES, João A. Teoria crítica, cultura e ciência: o(s) espaço(s) e o(s) conhecimento(s) da globalização. In: SANTOS, Boaventura de Sousa (Org.). A globalização e as ciências sociais. São Paulo, Cortez, 2005. [ Links ]

PULLIN, Andrew. S.; KNIGHT, Teri. M. Support for decision making in conservation practice: an evidence-based approach. Journal for Nature Conservation, v. 11, n. 2, p. 83-90, 2003. [ Links ]

PULLIN, Andrew S.; KNIGHT, Teri M.; WATKINSON, Andrew R. Linking reducionist science and holistic policy using systematic reviews: unpacking environmental policy questions to construct an evidence-based framework. Journal of Applied Ecology, v. 46, p. 970-975, 2009. [ Links ]

SARDO, A.; WEITKAMP, E. Exploring the ways environmental science is used and valued by policy-makers in Portugal: a case study. Journal of Science Communication, v. 11, n. 3, 2012. [ Links ]

SHINN, Terry; RAGOUET, Pascal. Controvérsias sobre a ciência: por uma sociologia transversalista da atividade científica. São Paulo: Associação Filosófica Scientia Studia; Editora 34, 2008. [ Links ]

SUREL, Yves. Approches cognitives. In: BOUSSAGUET, Laurie; JACQUOT, Sophie; RAVINET, Pauline. Dictionnaire de politiques publiques, p. 80-88. 2. ed. Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2006. [ Links ]

SUTHERLAND, William J.; PULLIN, Andrew S.; DOMAN, Paul M.; KNIGHT, Teri M. The need for evidence-based conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, v. 19, n. 6, Jun. 2004. [ Links ]

Published

2018-04-01

How to Cite

Carneiro, M. J. T., & Sandroni, L. T. (2018). Science and policy on the perspective of public managers:: relativizing borders. Sociedade E Estado, 33(01), 41–61. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-699220183301002

Issue

Section

Artigos

Similar Articles

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.