Examining the Australian Digital Platforms Inquiry and theorizing ‘accidental policy’

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R. Picard, Sora Park
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Abstract

‘Accidental policy’ is a term often used to disparage unplanned or under-deliberated policy, but it can also be used as a concept to define and theorize policy development and its effects more broadly. This article does the latter by applying the accidental policy lens to the case of the Australian Digital Platforms Inquiry ‐ the first of its kind worldwide ‐ and then uses elements from the development and effects of the inquiry to theorize the concept for application in other policy studies. This article examines the factors ‐ including existing media, communications, technology developments and policies and political manoeuvring ‐ that led Australia to confront large multinational platforms and become a world leader in digital platforms policy. Rather than the continuation of a long-term, consistent policy regime, the inquiry resulted from political expediency and behind-the-scenes parliamentary deal making. This article provides an analysis of a situation in which a deliberative policy process did not occur but a significant policy impetus was still developed. This study adds to the understanding of accidental policy making in which a rapid response to external pressures, as well as more complex factors including political negotiation and deal making, is at play.
审查澳大利亚数字平台调查并将“意外政策”理论化
“意外政策”是一个经常用来贬低计划外或考虑不足的政策的术语,但它也可以作为一个概念,更广泛地定义和理论化政策发展及其影响。本文通过将偶然的政策视角应用于澳大利亚数字平台调查(这是世界上第一次此类调查)的案例来实现后者,然后利用调查的发展和影响中的元素来理论化这一概念,以应用于其他政策研究。本文探讨了导致澳大利亚与大型跨国平台对抗并成为数字平台政策世界领导者的因素,包括现有媒体、通信、技术发展和政策以及政治策略。调查不是长期、一致的政策制度的延续,而是政治权宜之计和幕后议会协议的结果。这篇文章分析了一种情况,在这种情况下,审议政策过程没有发生,但仍然产生了重大的政策推动力。这项研究增加了对意外政策制定的理解,在意外政策制定中,对外部压力的快速反应,以及包括政治谈判和交易在内的更复杂因素,都在起作用。
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