BEYOND EMPIRICISM: POLICY INQUIRY IN POSTPOSITIVIST PERSPECTIVE.

FISCHER, FRANK

POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL, n.º 1/1998, pág. 129

1. Mainstream policy analysis: The epistemological problem. 2. Postpositivism: The critique of empiricism. 3. Postpositivism: From proof to interpretation. 4. Practical reason as reasoning-context. 5. Policy-analytic implications: The empirical in normative context. 6. Toward a policy science of democracy: Institutions and practices. 7. Conclusion. 8. Notes.