4th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis
25-27 June 2009, University of Kassel, Germany
The interpretive orientation in the social sciences is a methodological perspective that has evolved to challenge mainstream empiricism and scientism. It is, as such, the basic cornerstone of a critical approach to policy analysis. Attentive to human subjectivity and social meaning, it places policy research in its relevant political and historical contexts. This 4th conference (following the Birmingham, Amsterdam, and Essex conferences) will focus broadly on discourse and interpretive methods in critical policy analysis, with particular emphasis on the relationship of discourse to power.
The conference programme is available at the link "programme". Conference participants can download papers by clicking on the paper titles in the programme. You need to be logged in at this website for gaining access to the papers.
