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POLICY AND DRAMATURGY: A CRITIQUE OF CURRENT CONCEPTIONS OF POLICY MAKING
In: Policy & politics: advancing knowledge in public and social policy, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 47-62
ISSN: 0305-5736
POLICY-MAKING AND POLICY ANALYSIS HAVE BEEN PREDOMINANTLY RATIONALIST IN ALL AREAS. LITTLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE DRAMATIC AND SYMBOLIC EFFECTS THAT ARE GENERALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF POLICY-MAKING OR OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN A FEATURE OF THE RATIONALIST MODE IN CURRENT PUBLIC POLICY PREOCCUPATIONS. TWO SOURCES OF SUCH EFFECTS ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER.
