ABSTRACT

This accessible book gives academics, graduate students, and researchers a comprehensive overview of the vast, varied, and often confusing landscape of interpretive policy analysis. It is both theoretically informed and clear and jargon-free as it discusses the specific strengths and weaknesses of different interpretive approaches--all with a practical orientation towards doing policy analysis

part |67 pages

Policy Interpretations

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

Interpretation in Policy Analysis

chapter |11 pages

The Traditional Approach to Interpretation

Causal Versus Intentional Explanation

chapter |15 pages

Interlude

Meaning in Action

chapter |28 pages

The Three Faces of Meaning

Some Philosophical Background to Interpretation

part |169 pages

Varieties of Interpretation in Policy Analysis

part |74 pages

Toward a Policy Analysis of Democracy