Innovations in Critical Policy Analysis

Malin Rönnblom is Professor of Political Science at Karlstad University. Rosalind Edwards is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton.

'This timely volume reflects the burgeoning of international and interdisciplinary engagements with the WPR approach for critical policy analysis. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and policy activists.' Susan Goodwin, The University of Sydney 'This expertly curated volume invites readers to rediscover the critical foundations and innovative potential of the WPR approach – an inspiring catalyst for fresh thinking and reflexivity in critical policy research.' Regine Paul, University of Bergen 'As a sophisticated treatise on the existing power and latent potential of the WPR approach, this book will excite anyone interested in the political contingencies of problematisations.' Rebecca Hewer, University of Edinburgh

• 1. Thinking with the ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ critical approach to research and analysis - Malin Rönnblom and Rosalind EdwardsPART I: Rethinking WPR2. What’s the ‘problem’ of ‘underlying health conditions’ represented to be? Applying WPR to concepts - Carol Bacchi and Anne Wilson3. Comparing and contrasting WPR and CDA: divergent conceptions of discourse and distinct analytical strategies - Jian Wu4. Genealogy and WPR: the importance of Bacchi’s questions when evoking a genealogical sensibility - Stephen KellyPART II: Extending WPR5. WPR and construction of the object as a lens to understand governing families through AI technologies: combiningepistemologies - Rosalind Edwards and Pamela Ugwudike6. Where critical hands touch: towards decolonial policy analysis - Amelia Odida7. Where is the problem represented to be? - Tomas Mitander and Andreas Öjehag Pettersson8. Emotional problems: poststructural policy analysis and emotional discourses in the case of birth tourism - Stephanie Paterson and Lindsay Larios9. Winding up the future? The crank radio as policy - Lina Rahm and Jörgen BehrendtzPART III: Reflecting on WPR10. Enabling self-problematising? Strategically choosing re-analysis and co-authorship with an attention to difference - Hanne Marlene Dahl11. Reflecting on the value of the WPR framework as a teaching tool in public policy analysis - John Boswell12. Doing WPR analysis with practitioners: from emotions to political change - Malin Rönnblom13. Conclusion: A conversation about thinking with WPR - Malin Rönnblom and Rosalind Edwards