Policy mobilities,territorial knowledge dynamics and the role of KIBS: Exploring conceptual synergies of formerly discrete approaches |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Allergy and Immunology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California;2. Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California;1. School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 712, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden;2. Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Kilevej 14A, 4., 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark;3. Gothenburg Research Institute, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Box 603, Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Although contemporary policy making is substantially affected by consultants, little is known about the interconnection of their role inside policy making networks and their key product – knowledge. This paper matches the approaches on Policy Mobilities (PM) and Territorial Knowledge Dynamics (TKD) to fill this theoretical gap. By exploring the synergies of both concepts, a research agenda is suggested that enables to investigate the multi-facetted entanglements of knowledge and policy making dynamics as well as what stake consultants have in this complex assemblage. Accordingly, this paper claims appreciation of ‘variegated consultocracies’ rather than global homogeneity of consultants’ engagement in policy making processes by explicating better integration of ‘scale, ‘time’, and actors’ embeddedness into PM. The paper thus primarily aims to provide a solid theoretical and methodological basis for exploring the complex dynamics consultants take part in, and how they in turn impact policy making processes. |
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Keywords: | Policy mobilities Knowledge dynamics KIBS Assemblage Variegated consultocracies Embeddedness |
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