Sorting out chaos: Four methodological approaches to do research in public policy

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dc.contributor.authorHernandez-Luis, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorCarrasco, Camila
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Guerra, Sarai
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-04T18:44:50Z
dc.date.available2021-10-04T18:44:50Z
dc.description.abstractPublic policy analysis (PPA) is a disciplinary field where multiple theories and methodological procedures converge. This research note addresses whether it is possible to organize knowledge in a way that philosophical assumptions, analytical frameworks and methods could be aligned. To this aim, Patrick Jackson's typology is used as an organizational scheme of the debates in philosophy of science. Based on this, we propose a distribution of PPA macro theories in correspondence with the four methodologies defined in Jackson's scheme: neopositivism, realism, analyticism and reflexivity. The purpose of this exercise is to make PPA theoretical proposals more accessible for researchers and, this way, to highlight their distinctive elements and practical implications for research methodologies. This will allow to visualize the potential paths that could lead towards more consistent, coherent and congruent research designs.
dc.identifier.citationREVISTA ESPANOLA DE CIENCIA POLITICA-RECP,Vol.,173-196,2021
dc.identifier.doi10.21308/recp.56.07
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/4276
dc.language.isoes
dc.publisherASOC ESPANOLA CIENCIA POLITICA & ADM-AECPA
dc.sourceREVISTA ESPANOLA DE CIENCIA POLITICA-RECP
dc.subject.englishpublic policy
dc.subject.englishontology
dc.subject.englishmethodology
dc.subject.englishanalytical frameworks
dc.titleSorting out chaos: Four methodological approaches to do research in public policy
dc.typeArticle
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