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The expertise of politicians and their role in epistemic communities

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dc.contributor.author Grodem, Anne Skevik
dc.contributor.author Hippe, Jon M.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-03T05:33:20Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-03T05:33:20Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation : Grødem, A.S. and Hippe, J.M. (2019) The expertise of politicians and their role in epistemic communities, Policy & Politics, vol 47, no 4, 561–577, DOI: 10.1332/030557319X15662966019989 sm
dc.identifier.issn • Online ISSN 1470-8442
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1332/030557319X15662966019989
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/3657
dc.description 17 p. ; PDF sm
dc.description.abstract Existing studies often regard politicians as outside epistemic communities, owing to a lack of policy or technical expertise. In contrast, this article argues that politicians can also be experts, and can play a pivotal role within existing epistemic communities. Specifically, it finds that this expertise is acquired through two distinct, but interrelated, processes. First, politicians who work on an issue for a sustained period and have access to expert knowledge can be recruited to epistemic communities. Second, politicians with a relevant academic or professional background can become allies for such communities. This argument is developed through an analysis of pension reform in Norway. Drawing on interviews with key policy actors, we demonstrate that civil servants in the Ministry of Finance constituted an epistemic community which recruited key politicians through the Pension Commission and benefited from having an economist and ally as Prime Minister. sm
dc.language.iso en sm
dc.publisher Policy Press sm
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy & Politics • vol 47 • no 4 • 561–577 •;
dc.subject expertise sm
dc.subject politicians sm
dc.subject ideas sm
dc.subject epistemic communities sm
dc.subject pension reform sm
dc.subject Norway sm
dc.title The expertise of politicians and their role in epistemic communities sm
dc.type Article sm


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