Undertaking a Receiver-Doer-Judge critical policy analysis framework for public and social services: participation, empowerment and capacity to aspire

This policy brief outlines the co-produced Receiver Doer Judge (RDJ) critical policy analysis framework for the project. Using the RDJ framework, it analyse the inclusiveness of different disadvantaged and underrepresented groups in public and social services. It investigates how states and institutions enable vulnerable people to be included in policymaking, policy analysis and evaluation. The framework encourages co-production, participation and empowerment of marginalised and disadvantaged groups in policy analysis, policy development and policy implementation.

The RDJ Critical Policy Analysis methodology aims to involve people directly affected by the research, allowing them to participate and to empower them to understand and challenge the structures that cause their marginalisation and oppression in a process of co-production of knowledge and action. We include this co-production of knowledge and action as central to our critical policy analysis framework.

For our definition of policy we have collated a broad range of policy types including policy, legislation, regulations, institutional structures, and policy proposals. We also include policy discourse which includes media statements, press releases from politicians or departments, policy proposals from NGOs etc.