Frank Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

It's a well-constructed arguement, both theoretically sophisticated and of practical relevance. Australian journal of Public Administration, September 2004

• Introduction ; 1. Making Social Science Relevant: Policy Inquiry in Critical Perspective ; PUBLIC POLICY AND THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY ; 2. Constructing Policy Theory: Ideas and Discourse ; 3. Public Policy and Discourse Construct: Multiple Realities and Interpretative Understanding ; PUBLIC POLICY AND DISCURSIVE POLITICS ; 4. Public Policy and Discursive Analysis ; 5. Policy Discourse versus Advocacy Coalitions: Interpreting Policy Change and Learning ; DISCURSIVE POLICY INQUIRY: RESTITUTING EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ; 6. Postempiricist Foundations: Social Constructionism and Practical Discourse ; 7. Interpreting Public Policy: Analytical and Methodological Perspectives ; 8. Public Policy as Narrative: Stories, Frames, and Metanarratives ; 9. The Argumentative Turn: Policy Analysis as Discursive Practice ; DELIBERATIVE GOVERNANCE ; 10. Citizens and Experts: Democratizing Policy Deliberations ; 11. The Deliberative Policy Analyst: Theoretical Issues and Practical Challenges

Frank Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

It's a well-constructed arguement, both theoretically sophisticated and of practical relevance. Australian journal of Public Administration, September 2004

• Introduction ; 1. Making Social Science Relevant: Policy Inquiry in Critical Perspective ; PUBLIC POLICY AND THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY ; 2. Constructing Policy Theory: Ideas and Discourse ; 3. Public Policy and Discourse Construct: Multiple Realities and Interpretative Understanding ; PUBLIC POLICY AND DISCURSIVE POLITICS ; 4. Public Policy and Discursive Analysis ; 5. Policy Discourse versus Advocacy Coalitions: Interpreting Policy Change and Learning ; DISCURSIVE POLICY INQUIRY: RESTITUTING EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ; 6. Postempiricist Foundations: Social Constructionism and Practical Discourse ; 7. Interpreting Public Policy: Analytical and Methodological Perspectives ; 8. Public Policy as Narrative: Stories, Frames, and Metanarratives ; 9. The Argumentative Turn: Policy Analysis as Discursive Practice ; DELIBERATIVE GOVERNANCE ; 10. Citizens and Experts: Democratizing Policy Deliberations ; 11. The Deliberative Policy Analyst: Theoretical Issues and Practical Challenges