03574nam 22006015 450 991098838600332120250821114538.03-031-83900-510.1007/978-3-031-83900-9(CKB)38011863900041(DE-He213)978-3-031-83900-9(MiAaPQ)EBC31971828(Au-PeEL)EBL31971828(EXLCZ)993801186390004120250319d2025 u| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInterpretive Approaches to Policy Analysis Hermeneutics for our Times /by Raul P. Lejano, Wing Shan Kan1st ed. 2025.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Springer,2025.1 online resource (V, 64 p. 3 illus.)SpringerBriefs in Political Science,2191-54743-031-83899-8 -- Why Interpret?. -- What Does It Mean to Interpret?. -- How and What to Interpret?. -- Example: Relational Analysis of Vouchers for Social Service Delivery. -- Where Do We Go from Here?.This Brief provides researchers with an introduction to interpretive approaches for analyzing public policies. It introduces several real-world policy situations where the lack of an interpretive focus limits the analysis and precludes better policy responses. It takes an integrative point of view, with an openness to combining the insights from interpretive and positivist approaches in policy analysis, noting the ability of the interpretive approach to make sense of data while uncovering the otherwise hidden ideological and normative bases of other types of analyses. While not a 'how-to" methods book, this Brief provides sufficient discussion of different ways to find meaning in texts, such as narrative and discourse analysis, or cultural/ethnographic readings of the social and material artifacts found in a place, as well as uncovering meaning from direct engagement with subjects through interviews, action research, and other strategies. The main intent of the book is to convince policy scholars of the usefulness of interpretive thinking, which entails answering the questions: "what does it mean to interpret?" and "what do we gain from interpreting?" As such, this Brief will be of interest to scholars in public policy, public administration, and political science as well as researchers in applied fields (e.g., environmental studies, race and gender studies, urban planning, sociology) engaged in policy analysis.SpringerBriefs in Political Science,2191-5474Political planningPolitical sciencePublic administrationPublic PolicyPolicy EvaluationMethodology of Political SciencePublic AdministrationPolitical planning.Political science.Public administration.Public Policy.Policy Evaluation.Methodology of Political Science.Public Administration.320.6Lejano Raul Pauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1803063Kan Wing Shanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910988386003321Interpretive Approaches to Policy Analysis4349627UNINA