Policy Experiments

Name: Policy Experiments
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A View From Elsewhere

Sebastián Ureta (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

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English

Cambridge University Press
30 April 2026

Central government policies; Regional government policies; Health systems & services; Urban & municipal planning; Transport planning & policy

Series: Elements in Public Policy

This Element introduces a new conceptualization of policy experiments. Beyond their mainstream understanding as randomized trials, policy experiments are seen as speculative instances for testing innovative policy instruments to address public concerns. Drawing on Science and Technology Studies, this conception of policy experiments comprises four interrelated processes. First, there is an encounter with a charismatic foreign policy instrument, generating imaginaries of future success. Second, a local issue is problematized, presenting the instrument as its ultimate solution. Third, an experimental mesocosm is assembled to test this problematization empirically. Finally, evaluations of this test are conducted, usually leading to further experiments. The book exemplifies these processes with case studies from Chile, a world leader in policy experimentation in the last decades. The ongoing troubles of public governance worldwide prompt us to conclude by arguing for careful modes of policy experimentation, more tentative, ethical, and inclusive forms of acting in our fragile worlds.

By: Sebastián Ureta (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 147g
ISBN: 9781009590914
ISBN 10: 100959091X
Series: Elements in Public Policy
Pages: 92
Publication Date: 30 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Glossary; Introduction; 1. Which policies, whose experiments; 2. Charismatic foreigners; 3. (Re)problematizing an issue; 4. Testing mesocosms; 5. The multiple shades of success careful experiments; References.