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The chapters in this book were written as separate articles between 1975 and 1980; the fmal product, however, is more than a collection of independent essays. As I wrote, I began to realize I was developing an implicit framework, which I wish to make explicit in this introductory essay. A common method, concern, and argument underlie all of the essays. The method is "value critical."! The concern is with a more institutionally grounded understanding of why governments do what they do. The argument is substantive, dealing with concrete issues such as the claim for economic resources, social protection, and the organization of social services. After discussing these themes, I review how I develop them in individual chapters. The method is critical rather than analytic. The critical approach probes the assumptions that organize evidence and provides a way of identifying what is significant and what is problematic. The canonical (that is, the conventional and normative) view is thrown into question, on the implicit assumption that things do not work as expected, that there is inherently a difference between the text and the message. This skeptical approach becomes value critical becaus

Who reads From Policy to Practice?

Author

Martin Rein (auth.)

Publisher

Macmillan Education UK

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780333353776

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Political Science, Government & Politics