Testing the "Policy Exercise" in Studies of Europe's Forest Sector: Methodological Reflections on a Bittersweet Experience
Abstract
This report presents the Policy-Exercise concept developed by Brewer (1986), among others. The overall objectives of this Policy-Exercise are: to foster communication and mutual understanding; to synthesize policy-relevant information; and to discover alternatives for the future. The different methodological Policy-Exercise concepts tested by the Forest Study and the lessons learned are described in this paper.