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This special issue explores the role of Q methodology in public policy analysis, highlighting its interdisciplinary nature and adaptability. It features four articles that apply Q to different contexts, demonstrating how it can inform public policy discourse and practice. The issue underscores the potential of Q as a valuable tool for understanding varying stakeholder perspectives, evaluating policy interventions, and fostering democratic engagement.
2005
Abstract Since the postpositivist critique of the policy sciences, policy theory has come into question. More particularly, the 'problem orientation'upon which Lasswell defined the policy sciences has come into question because policy making does not conform to his problem solving logic.
International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 2012
This paper focuses on the theoretical and practical justifications of studying public policy. In the discourse the paper delves on the applicability of public policy in solving societal problems.
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