Abstract
In recent years authors have paid increasing attention to the study of contextual factors that shape the use of research into a country’s public policies. One of the most significant recent contributions to this body of literature is Campbell and Pedersen’s concept of Knowledge Regimes, which focuses on the central characteristics of the relevant social research in a given country. This article is a critique of this concept based on the study of three key policy-change events during the Tabaré Vázquez administration in Uruguay. In order to explain the dynamics of social research it is not merely enough to understand the main features of the supply side; it is also necessary to study the demand. This critical perspective has led to the construction of a new concept.
Original reference
Garcé, Adolfo (2014). “Regímenes Políticos de Conocimiento: Construyendo un nuevo concepto a partir de eventos de cambio seleccionados en políticas públicas del gobierno de Tabaré Vázquez (Uruguay, 2005–2009),” Revista de Ciencia Política 34:2, 439–458.
Acknowledgments
I drafted the first version of this text at the Institute of Political Science in the first semester of 2013 with support from Politics & Ideas: a think net (http://www.politicsandideas.org/), and I would like to give special thanks to Andrea Ordóñez, Enrique Mendizábal and Vanesa Weyrauch with whom I discussed the main ideas in this article. I would also like to thank Amílcar Davyt (Faculty of Sciences) and Camilo López (ICP – Faculty of Social Sciences).
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