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Telling the truth in public policy: an analysis of New Zealand sport policy discourse
journal contribution
posted on 2014-06-27, 12:30 authored by Joe PigginJoe Piggin, Steven J. Jackson, Malcolm LewisIn this article we use Foucault’s conception of games of truth to investigate how truth
in public policy is rhetorically constructed through the notion of “transparency.” Data
was collected from various public sources regarding a medal target policy promoted
by Sport and Recreation New Zealand (Sparc) for the national team at the 2006 Commonwealth
Games. By analyzing the multifarious rhetoric surrounding the medal
target policy, we show that the notion of transparency, although ostensibly appealing
and helpful as a mechanism to justify goals, exposes inherent contradictions that were
counter to Sparc’s goals. The discussion encourages scholars and practitioners to conceive
of policy as ongoing contests over truth. We suggest that practitioners might
benefit from considering the problematic implications of promoting “transparent”
public policy.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Sociology of Sport JournalVolume
26Issue
(3)Pages
462 - 482Citation
PIGGIN, J., JACKSON, S.J. and LEWIS, M., 2009. Telling the truth in public policy: an analysis of New Zealand sport policy discourse. Sociology of Sport Journal, 26 (3), pp. 462 - 482Publisher
© Human Kinetics, Inc.Version
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2009Notes
This article is closed access.ISSN
0741-1235Publisher version
Language
- en