Tempest in a teapot? Toward new collaborations between mainstream policy process studies and interpretive policy studies

Anna P. Durnová () and Christopher M. Weible ()
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Anna P. Durnová: Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies
Christopher M. Weible: University of Colorado Denver

Policy Sciences, 2020, vol. 53, issue 3, No 10, 588 pages

Abstract: Abstract “Tempest in a teapot” is an idiom that refers to a problem that has been blown out of proportion, which is how we see the supposedly divisive relationship between two research traditions: mainstream policy process studies and interpretive policy studies. In this commentary, we explore both research traditions, comparing and contrasting their views of public policy and policy processes, uses of theories, and approaches to research. Our aim is not to unite them or reject points of debate. Instead, we offer strategies for more productive collaborations, including side-by-side research, integrative research, engagement in constructive discussions of research techniques, and applied research.

Keywords: Policy process research; Interpretive policy studies; Public policy; Discourse; Knowledge; Approach to research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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