Informed, involved, or empowered? Three ideal types of autism policy design in Western Europe

Precious, Kate ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7021-1979 2021. Informed, involved, or empowered? Three ideal types of autism policy design in Western Europe. European Policy Analysis 7 (1) , pp. 185-206. 10.1002/epa2.1092

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Abstract

Governments which design policies to empower marginalized groups contribute to reducing the democratic deficit in public policy and improve their efficacy, efficiency, and democratic credentials. This article uses fuzzy set ideal type analysis to propose three ideal types of policy design for political empowerment, according to whether the government views the target group as capable only of being Informed by experts, or of being Involved in policy, or even Empowered to co-govern. An analysis of Western European autism policy illustrates and confirms the usefulness of the ideal types. England, Wales, and Denmark emerge as countries where governments have the highest expectations for political empowerment. Surprisingly, traditional disability policy groupings seem not to apply, with the UK split across Empowered and Involved, while Spain leaves its Informed Southern European counterparts to join the Involved cohort. This paper is a timely reminder of the importance of lived experience as a policy resource lived experience as a policy resource.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons
ISSN:	2380-6567
Date of Acceptance:	18 August 2020
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2024 15:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/171203

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