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Phronesis as Enacted Knowledge. The Case of Belgian Prison Governors Enacting Prison Organisations and Prison Policy
Dubois, Christophe
2017Interpretive Penal Policymaking
 

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Abstract :
[en] In the last fifteen years, Belgian prisons have been characterized by an increase of managerial and legal regulations. This rise of “inscribed knowledge” (Freeman & Sturdy, 2015) however leads to a sharper need of prison governors for “practical wisdom” (Chia and Holt, 2009). Firstly, because law and policy don't apply automatically, but must always be interpreted by human actors in relation to the situation. Secondly, because the increase of legal and managerial inscriptions reinforces prison governors’ more general inclinations to “satisficing” decisions (March and Simon, 1958). Drawing on four years of qualitative research with 40 Belgian prison governors, this empirically based paper analyses how they cope with complex, uncertain and ambiguous situations where neither epistemic nor technical knowledge is available. In doing so, we assume that they – at least marginally – “enact” prison organisations and prison policy (Weick, 1988).
Research center :
Cris
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Author, co-author :
Dubois, Christophe  ;  Université de Liège > Faculté des sciences sociales > Faculté des sciences sociales
Language :
English
Title :
Phronesis as Enacted Knowledge. The Case of Belgian Prison Governors Enacting Prison Organisations and Prison Policy
Publication date :
04 April 2017
Event name :
Interpretive Penal Policymaking
Event organizer :
Pr Harry Annison
Event place :
Southampton, United Kingdom
Event date :
2017, April 4th
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
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