Meaning in action : interpretation and dialogue in policy analysis / Hendrik Wagenaar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagenaar, H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Policy sciences--Methodology.

Physical Description:

x, 339 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2011]

Summary:

"Interpretive approaches to political studies," according to the definition positively cited by Wagenaar (public policy, Leiden U., the Netherlands), "focus on meanings that shape actions and institutions, and the ways in which they do so." In this volume he describes approaches to interpretive policy analysis that are grounded in dialogues between theory, the analyst's presumptions, and the empirical world and in an understanding of meaning as constituted by hermeneutic, discursive, and dialogical elements. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index.

ISBN:

9780765617880

0765617889

OCLC:

670211369