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A symposium on a book by Bevir & Rhodes (2003) Interpreting British Governance. Following an introduction by Alan Finlayson, Mark Bevir & Ron A. W. Rhodes summarize their work & list the five main advantages of their interpretive approach to British governance, eg, identification of important gaps in the Westminster model & decentraliztion of institutions from their role in fixing individual behavior. In "Interpretation, Truth and Investigation: Comments on Bevir and Rhodes," Keith Dowding argues that Bevir & Rhodes are ambiguous on the central question of truth & that their partial explanations for British governance through the interpretivist perspective may be misleading. In "Taking Ideas Seriously' in Explanatory Political Analysis," Colin Hay rejects the ideas that explanation & positivism & understanding & interpretation are synonymous. Bevir & Rhodes's conceptualization of explanation & understanding are problematic, so a form of post-positivist political analysis adapted from social constructivism is preferred. In "Meaning and Politics: Assessing Bevir and Rhodes," Finlayson examines Bevir & Rhodes's concepts of power, dilemma, & narrative & develops an alternative interpretive approach to British governance. In "Interpretation as Method, Explanation, & Critique: A Reply," Bevir & Rhodes defend their interpretive approach on philosophical grounds, but view the approach as insufficiently objective. They expand on issues of method, explanation, & critique in response to Dowding, Hay, & Finlayson. They believe their narrative on governance using the four traditions -- Tory, liberal, Whig, & socialist -- & the dilemmas faced are robust. 1 Table, 1 Figure, 72 References. M. Pflum

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