Radical Critical Policy Studies: Situating Racialized Personhood within Decolonizing Policy, Knowledge Production, Self-Reflexivity & Positionality/Social-Location

This article addresses weaknesses in critical policy studies (CPS), by proposing we move toward adopting radical (RCPS) theory and empirical methodological approaches. moves away from the euro-centric colonized/colonizer dichotomy, decentering whiteness/white gaze situates racialized personhood at center of decolonizing knowledge production. RCPS’ intervention forces academics/researchers to be cognizant how although navigate our own oppression/colonization within colonial institutions (academia, state) are not immune reproducing this same system harm wish dismantle using Colonial Logics (the colonizers tool whiteness, performative colonialism, systemic oppression harmful practices) engaging Proxy (see Diagram 5). We expand on RCPS with concept Decolonizing Self-Reflexivity Positionality/Social-Location (Diagram 3, Positionality & Social-Location Checklist tool) aim hold ourselves accountable higher standards, more critically self-aware complex duality privileged social-location/positionality, while de-colonizing self-reflexivity an active duty prevent reproduction colonialism throughout policy-making (as policy-makers) or academia.