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Durnová, Anna, and Philippe Zittoun. "Interpretive policy analysis in a French setting. The Fifth Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference, Grenoble, June 2010." Critical Policy Studies 5, no. 2 (July 2011): 103–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2011.576518.
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Chalip, Laurence. "Policy Analysis in Sport Management." Journal of Sport Management 9, no. 1 (January 1995): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsm.9.1.1.
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Over the past two decades, policy analysis has developed as a collection of formal methods to enhance policy design and implementation. Interpretive and critical methods for policy analysis have recently been advocated as a way to clarify the parameters of policy problems and thereby improve policy formulation and implementation. The heuristic basis for interpretive and critical policy analysis is consistent with contemporary findings in the psychology of decision making. Formal methods for interpretive and critical policy analysis are elaborated and illustrated via application to the drafting of the U.S. Amateur Sports Act (PL 95-606). It is shown that the methods illumine decision processes that have caused sport development to become subordinate to the administrative rationalization of American Olympic sport governance.
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Durnová, Anna. "Understanding Emotions in Policy Studies through Foucault and Deleuze." Politics and Governance 6, no. 4 (December 28, 2018): 95–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i4.1528.
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Discussing Foucault’s and Deleuze’s work on meaning-making, the article argues that we might make better use of the intersubjectivity of a meaning when interpreting emotions. Interpreting emotions in texts remains complicated because discussion on the ontological character of emotions sustains an opposition of emotion to meaning structures. Both Foucault and Deleuze conceive meaning-making through permanent oscillation between the subjective accounts of a meaning and its collective interpretation. These two dimensions are not in conflict but create meaning through their interdependence. On the basis of this interdependence, we can conceive of an interpretive analysis of emotions as a way to study language means that label particular emotions as relevant, legitimized, or useful. This shift of the debate on emotions away from what emotions <em>are</em> and toward what they <em>mean</em> enhances the critical shape of interpretive analysis of emotions because it uncovers conflicts hidden behind the veil of allegedly neutral policy instruments.
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Dodge, Jennifer, Richard Holtzman, Merlijn van Hulst, and Dvora Yanow. "What does it mean to teach ‘interpretively’?" Learning and Teaching 9, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 73–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2016.090105.
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The ‘interpretive turn’ has gained traction as a research approach in recent decades in the empirical social sciences. While the contributions of interpretive research and interpretive research methods are clear, we wonder: Does an interpretive perspective lend itself to – or even demand – a particular style of teaching? This question was at the heart of a roundtable discussion we organised at the 2014 Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) International Conference. This essay reports on the contours of the discussion, with a focus on our reflections upon what it might mean to teach ‘interpretively’. Prior to outlining these, we introduce the defining characteristics of an interpretive perspective and describe our respective experiences and interests in this conversation. In the hope that this essay might constitute the beginning of a wider conversation, we close it with an invitation for others to respond.
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Cherubini, Lorenzo. "An Analysis of Ontario Aboriginal Education Policy: Critical and interpretive perspectives." Articles 45, no. 1 (November 16, 2010): 9–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1000027ar.
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This paper provides an historical and contemporary interpretation of the developmental influences that have led to the Ontario Ministry of Education’s recent focus on Aboriginal educational policy in Ontario, Canada. It offers an interpretive and critical perspective on the rhetorical constructions, assumptions, and value-orientations implicit in two seminal documents. This discussion will assist Aboriginal Advisory Groups and communities, as well as policy-makers and practitioners, to think clearly about implementation strategies in the broader context of Aboriginal socio-educational development.
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Durnová, Anna. "Making interpretive policy analysis critical and societally relevant: emotions, ethnography and language." Policy & Politics 50, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 43–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557321x16129850569011.
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This article summarises the main achievements of interpretive approaches to policy analysis and signposts ways to develop them to strengthen inclusivity and diversity. By visualising tangible strategies used in the approach, it demonstrates how we can better understand how policies are made and understood. At the same time, the article places a strong focus on emotions and ethnography as a way to strengthen the societal relevance of the approach. Focusing on emotions in policy research goes beyond a simple interest in emotions, using them as a specific critical lens to view the researched phenomenon while considering how policy ideas are framed as relevant or irrelevant through expressive language. Analogously, the article describes ethnography as an epistemological lens for analysing policy wherein researchers embrace human bias and the normativity of their research. To illustrate how these two lenses work in practice, the article concludes by discussing the research design of an analysis of the role of fathers in the policy debate around birth care in Czechia.
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Arrona, Ainhoa, and Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia. "On the study and practice of regional innovation policy: the potential of interpretive policy analysis." Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 32, no. 1 (September 27, 2018): 148–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2018.1528141.
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Canary, Heather E., and Robert D. McPhee. "The Mediation of Policy Knowledge: An Interpretive Analysis of Intersecting Activity Systems." Management Communication Quarterly 23, no. 2 (September 17, 2009): 147–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0893318909341409.
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Dickhaus, Barbara, Frank Fischer, Christian Möllmann, Christoph Scherrer, and Helen Schwenken. "Introductory statement on the Interpretive Policy Analysis conference in Kassel, June 2009." Critical Policy Studies 3, no. 3-4 (April 28, 2010): 265–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19460171003621903.
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Ulucanlar, Selda, Gary J. Fooks, and Anna B. Gilmore. "The Policy Dystopia Model: An Interpretive Analysis of Tobacco Industry Political Activity." PLOS Medicine 13, no. 9 (September 20, 2016): e1002125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002125.
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Harris, Michael S. "From policy design to campus: Implementation of a tuition decentralization policy." education policy analysis archives 15 (July 30, 2007): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v15n16.2007.
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This study analyzes the implementation of a tuition decentralization policy in North Carolina. Concepts of organizational culture served as a guiding framework for an interpretive analysis. Qualitative case study data for the research was collected from interviews with key policy makers within the University of North Carolina as well as an extensive collection of documents. The findings demonstrate the importance of shared norms and beliefs in achieving successful policy implementation through a case study where incongruence of stakeholder values, beliefs, and goals created institutional conflict.
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Sá, Patrícia, Ana Isabel Andrade, Jane Machado, and Cristina Sá. "Competences for education for sustainability: analysis of educational policy documents in Portugal." Práxis Educacional 17, no. 48 (September 1, 2021): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.22481/praxisedu.v17i48.8848.
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The present study is part of the TEDS - Teacher Education for Sustainability project. This is an Erasmus+ project and involves five European countries: Portugal, France, Lithuania, Finland and Malta. The main aim of the TEDS project is to provide European teacher educators and teachers with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement an education that promotes sustainability in their practices. Within this project, one of the objectives was to understand how key competences in education for sustainability are present in the educational documents of each of the participating countries. This article refers to the analysis carried out on Portuguese educational documents. It is a qualitative study framed on the interpretive paradigm. It is an exploratory, descriptive-interpretive study aimed at identifying and describing the main characteristics related to the key competences in education for sustainability present in the official Portuguese documents that guide teaching and learning. After the analysis, validation and discussion of the results of the content analysis carried out on the corpus, these seem to indicate that the educational documents analyzed are compatible with the key competences considered in the guiding reference framework. All documents present different aspects of the various competences, highlighting their importance in the foundation of an educational practice that promotes sustainability.
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Leiter, Brian. "Legal Indeterminacy." Legal Theory 1, no. 4 (December 1995): 481–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1352325200000227.
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To say that the law is indeterminate is to say that the class of legal reasons (hereafter “the Class”) is indeterminate. The Class, in turn, consists of four components:1. Legitimate sources of law (e.g., statutes, constitutions, court decisions, social policy, morality);2. Legitimate interpretive operations that can be performed on the sources in order to generate rules of law (e.g., proper methods of interpreting statutes or prior cases or of reasoning about moral concepts as these figure in the sources);3. Legitimate interpretive operations that can be performed on the facts of record in order to generate facts of legal significance (e.g., proper ways of grouping and categorizing fact situations for purposes of legal analysis); and4. Legitimate rational operations that can be performed on facts and rules of law to finally yield particular decisions (e.g., deductive reasoning).
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Denburg, Avram E., Mita Giacomini, Wendy J. Ungar, and Julia Abelson. "The Moral Foundations of Child Health and Social Policies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis." Children 8, no. 1 (January 13, 2021): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8010043.
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Background: Allusions to the uniqueness and value of childhood abound in academic, lay, and policy discourse. However, little clarity exists on the values that guide child health and social policy-making. We review extant academic literature on the normative dimensions of child health and social policy to provide foundations for the development of child-focused public policies. Methods: We conducted a critical interpretive synthesis of academic literature on the normative dimensions of child health and social policy-making. We employed a social constructivist lens to interpret emergent themes. Political theory on the social construction of target populations served as a bridge between sociologies of childhood and public policy analysis. Results: Our database searches returned 14,658 unique articles; full text review yielded 72 relevant articles. Purposive sampling of relevant literature complemented our electronic searches, adding 51 original articles, for a total of 123 articles. Our analysis of the literature reveals three central themes: potential, rights, and risk. These themes retain relevance in diverse policy domains. A core set of foundational concepts also cuts across disciplines: well-being, participation, and best interests of the child inform debate on the moral and legal dimensions of a gamut of child social policies. Finally, a meta-theme of embedding encompasses the pervasive issue of a child’s place, in the family and in society, which is at the heart of much social theory and applied analysis on children and childhood. Conclusions: Foundational understanding of the moral language and dominant policy frames applied to children can enrich analyses of social policies for children. Most societies paint children as potent, vulnerable, entitled, and embedded. It is the admixture of these elements in particular policy spheres, across distinct places and times, that often determines the form of a given policy and societal reactions to it. Subsequent work in this area will need to detail the degree and impact of variance in the values mix attached to children across sociocultural contexts and investigate tensions between what are and what ought to be the values that guide social policy development for children.
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Thakur, Vikas, and Ramesh Anbanandam. "Healthcare waste management: an interpretive structural modeling approach." International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 29, no. 5 (June 13, 2016): 559–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa-02-2016-0010.
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Purpose – The World Health Organization identified infectious healthcare waste as a threat to the environment and human health. India’s current medical waste management system has limitations, which lead to ineffective and inefficient waste handling practices. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to: first, identify the important barriers that hinder India’s healthcare waste management (HCWM) systems; second, classify operational, tactical and strategical issues to discuss the managerial implications at different management levels; and third, define all barriers into four quadrants depending upon their driving and dependence power. Design/methodology/approach – India’s HCWM system barriers were identified through the literature, field surveys and brainstorming sessions. Interrelationships among all the barriers were analyzed using interpretive structural modeling (ISM). Fuzzy-Matrice d’Impacts Croisés Multiplication Appliquée á un Classement (MICMAC) analysis was used to classify HCWM barriers into four groups. Findings – In total, 25 HCWM system barriers were identified and placed in 12 different ISM model hierarchy levels. Fuzzy-MICMAC analysis placed eight barriers in the second quadrant, five in third and 12 in fourth quadrant to define their relative ISM model importance. Research limitations/implications – The study’s main limitation is that all the barriers were identified through a field survey and barnstorming sessions conducted only in Uttarakhand, Northern State, India. The problems in implementing HCWM practices may differ with the region, hence, the current study needs to be replicated in different Indian states to define the waste disposal strategies for hospitals. Practical implications – The model will help hospital managers and Pollution Control Boards, to plan their resources accordingly and make policies, targeting key performance areas. Originality/value – The study is the first attempt to identify India’s HCWM system barriers and prioritize them.
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Khajuria, Himanshu, Biswa Prakash Nayak, and Ashish Badiye. "Toxicological hair analysis: Pre-analytical, analytical and interpretive aspects." Medicine, Science and the Law 58, no. 3 (April 22, 2018): 137–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0025802418768305.
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Background and aims Hair analysis for drug detection is one of the widely accepted imperative techniques in the field of forensic toxicology. The current study was designed to investigate the efficacy of chromatography for detection of drugs of abuse in hair. Method A comprehensive review of articles from last two decades on hair analyses via PubMed and similar resources was performed. Issues concerning collection, decontamination and analytical techniques are summarised. Physiochemical nature of hair, mechanism of drug incorporation and its stability in hair are briefly discussed. Furthermore, various factors affecting results and interpretation are elucidated. Result A hair sample is chosen over traditional biological samples such blood, urine, saliva or tissues due to its inimitable ability to provide a longer time frame for drug detection. Its collection is almost non-invasive, less cumbersome and does not involve any specialised training/expertise. Recent advances in analytical technology have resulted in better sensitivity, reproducibility and accuracy, thus providing a new arena of scientific understanding and test interpretation. Conclusion Though recent studies have yielded many insights into drug binding and drug incorporation in hair, the major challenge in hair analysis lies in the interpretation of results, which may be affected by external contamination and thus lead to false-positives. Therefore, there is a need for more sensitive and selective analysis methods to be developed in order to minimise factors that induce the effect of melanin, age and so on, and this would certainly provide a new dimension to hair analysis and its applications.
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Browne, Jennifer, Brian Coffey, Kay Cook, Sarah Meiklejohn, and Claire Palermo. "A guide to policy analysis as a research method." Health Promotion International 34, no. 5 (August 7, 2018): 1032–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/day052.
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Summary Policy analysis provides a way for understanding how and why governments enact certain policies, and their effects. Public health policy research is limited and lacks theoretical underpinnings. This article aims to describe and critique different approaches to policy analysis thus providing direction for undertaking policy analysis in the field of health promotion. Through the use of an illustrative example in nutrition it aims to illustrate the different approaches. Three broad orientations to policy analysis are outlined: (i) Traditional approaches aim to identify the ‘best’ solution, through undertaking objective analyses of possible solutions. (ii) Mainstream approaches focus on the interaction of policy actors in policymaking. (iii) Interpretive approaches examine the framing and representation of problems and how policies reflect the social construction of ‘problems’. Policy analysis may assist understanding of how and why policies to improve nutrition are enacted (or rejected) and may inform practitioners in their advocacy. As such, policy analysis provides researchers with a powerful tool to understand the use of research evidence in policymaking and generate a heightened understanding of the values, interests and political contexts underpinning policy decisions. Such methods may enable more effective advocacy for policies that can lead to improvements in health.
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Osman, Alia, Cecelia Webber, Stefanie Oliel, Karine Couture-Lavoie, Raphael Lencucha, and Keiko Shikako-Thomas. "Engagement of Occupational Therapy Organizations with Public Policy: A Qualitative Analysis." Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 87, no. 5 (October 6, 2020): 354–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0008417420961689.
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Background. Public policy is an important feature of occupational therapy practice. Occupational therapy organizations have a mandate to engage in policy processes to improve the conditions for clients, including the nature of care received. Purpose. Describe the approaches that Canadian occupational therapy organizations use to engage with and impact public policy. Methods. This study used interpretive description methodology. Participants were recruited from Canadian occupational therapy professional organizations. Participants shared their experiences and perspectives on policy engagement through semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed inductively. Findings. Engagement with policy involved reaching out (building relationships, educating practitioners about policy and occupational therapy contributions, and developing statements), and reaching in (consulting with occupational therapists and generating data informing policy). Implications. Occupational therapy organizations can share and coordinate approaches to impact public policy and advocate for both clients and the profession. Future research can expand this analysis in other contexts to generate a deeper understanding of engagement.
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Wilkinson, Katy. "Organised Chaos: An Interpretive Approach to Evidence-Based Policy Making in Defra." Political Studies 59, no. 4 (November 16, 2010): 959–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2010.00866.x.
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The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been heavily criticised for its handling of disease outbreaks in recent years by analysts who compare the conduct of officials with the model of evidence-based policy making, finding fault in their use of advisers or decision-making processes. In this article, I take an alternative approach to policy analysis, based on ethnographic research in the department. I explore the day-to-day interactions between scientific experts and policy makers in Defra to understand why policy making takes the form it does and how scientists negotiate their position within this process. I argue that policy making in Defra is organised by socially constructed narratives that help officials and advisers to make sense of their roles in the policy-making process. Drawing on insights from organisational sociology, I analyse the ways in which Defra officials talk about their responsibilities and understanding of their roles. These narratives act as ‘modes of ordering’ that bring about organisational realities by structuring their relationships, influencing the way they use scientific advice and consequently affecting policy outcomes. I outline three modes of ordering that can be identified in Defra – rationalism, bureaucracy and expediency – and demonstrate that they correspond to three complementary images of evidence-based policy making.
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Solomonova, Olga. "Interpretation Strategies of Contemporary Musical and Theatrical Art: Trends, Factors." Scientific herald of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, no. 131 (June 30, 2021): 104–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.31318/2522-4190.2021.131.243224.
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Relevance of the study. The modern interpretive content main tendencies of the European and Ukrainian musical and theatrical art were analyzed. Forms of interpretation being were considered in the coordinates of the “composer-listener-performer” triad in the aspect of its correspondence to its time artistic intentions. The scientific novelty of the study is in the analysis of innovative projects most of which are not adapted to musicology and in the formulation of trends and factors of modern musical art’s interpretive policy. Main objective of the study is to determine the specifics and factors of the modern interpretations of a musical and theatrical art. Methodology. The following methods have been adapted: the interpretive — in relation to the analyzed opera projects; the hermeneutic-semantic — for the purpose of identify the interpreted works’ intonation-image specificity; the comparative — to juxtaposition the “interpretive behavior” of one work in different performance versions; the intonation-dramaturgical analysis — to study the specifics and factors of works’ interpretive versions. Results and conclusions. The modern interpretive reality initiates the emergence of radically new and the consolidation of existing non-standard trends in the work’s representation. These are: the instrumental performing theatricalization, significant expansion of the improvisation’s zone, abandonment of the opera genre canons with an emphasis on synthetic genres of performative nature and the use of bold audio, scenographic, color and light effects. The modern interpretative main trends are the actualization, the alienation and the emergence of working remote versions, the encroachment on the textual and intonational essence of a known work by adding the new material (the integral opus or the fragmentary inlay), the emergence of modern composer’s alternative role which is a co-author of a new hybrid product thanks to the connection to the work of the past. Findings of the research. The specifics and factors of work’s variant-interpretive realization are analytically argued. The main factors are the genre-intonation specificity, the synthetic and intertextual nature, the complexity and synergy of text semantic intentions, the recipient’s culturalhistorical awareness, the socio-cultural intentions’ balance of the author and his artistic will performers, the degree of text openness, the context. Prospects for further exploration in this direction. The following research areas are needed: 1) the development of new methods and terminological apparatus suitable for the modern artifacts’ analysis; 2) the analytical base’s expansion due to: a) the further accumulation of examples, b) the scientific adaptation of various genres’ works.
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Srivastava, Anoop, Sant Kumar Gaur, Sanjeev Swami, and D. K. Banwet. "Analysis of interpretive structural model of Indian railway security system by analytic hierarchy process (AHP)." Journal of Advances in Management Research 16, no. 3 (July 15, 2019): 378–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jamr-11-2018-0100.
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Purpose Security and safety have remained important concerns for mankind since ancient times. In the context of railways, however, the threat perceptions to safety and security have increased significantly lately. In view of this, the Indian Railways requires an effective and efficient security management system. The purpose of this paper is to propose an integrated approach to help develop the Indian railway security system (IRSS) by successively reducing the complexity of the system through a series of studies. Design/methodology/approach The relevant elements of the complex system of Indian Railways have been identified. The framework in which the elements exist and interact with each other has been clearly established using the interpretive structural modelling (ISM) technique. The output of ISM is further reduced in complexity by having different policy option profiles. A comparison of different option profiles has been done by a multi-criteria decision-making technique, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), by choosing suitable criteria for comparison. Findings The following elements need to be pursued as the key objectives for making IRSS: protection of passengers, protection of property, modernisation, manpower enhancement, multi-skilling of staff, latest technology and enhanced legal powers. Research limitations/implications The present research can be extended in many important ways. Interpretive structural models for different contextual relationships can be developed and used for formulating and implementing customised security policy. Policy elements and the ISM structure obtained in this research can be utilised for the system dynamic modelling of IRSS. A pilot study can be done to implement the recommendations made in this study. Practical implications The ISM model developed can be implemented as a policy tool in enhancing the railway’s security. Some of the policy elements proposed appear to be consistent with the strategic direction being undertaken in the railway security in the country. Social implications Security is an important concern for mankind and social civilisations. The results have significant welfare implications in India and the rest of the world. Originality/value The present study is one of the first approaches in a series of studies in railway security in India. The results of this study can be extended to other security scenarios with similar needs.
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De Schutter, Helder. "Language policy and political philosophy." Language Problems and Language Planning 31, no. 1 (February 27, 2007): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lplp.31.1.02des.
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This paper provides an overview of the emerging debates over language policy and linguistic diversity within political philosophy. It outlines the larger context of this debate and identifies its protagonists and the main issues at stake in it. In addition, it presents an interpretive scheme for the analysis of the variety of approaches that have so far been developed within this field. This scheme relates these approaches back to two clashes of different language ideologies. The first clash is between instrumentalism and constitutivism. The second clash is between transparency and hybridity. Finally, the paper explains why the sociolinguistic literature on language policy should interest political philosophers, and vice versa: why sociolinguists should engage with political philosophy.
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Finlayson, Alan. "From Beliefs to Arguments: Interpretive Methodology and Rhetorical Political Analysis." British Journal of Politics and International Relations 9, no. 4 (November 2007): 545–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856x.2007.00269.x.
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Harklau, Linda, and M. Katherine Ford. "English learner education and teacher preparation in the U.S.: an interpretive language education policy analysis." Language and Education 36, no. 2 (October 7, 2021): 137–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2021.1981925.
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Appe, Susan, and Fabian Telch. "Grassroots International NGOs: Using Comparative Interpretive Policy Analysis to Understand Meanings in Private Development Aid." Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 22, no. 1 (March 23, 2019): 30–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2019.1582885.
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Hoppes, R. Bradley. "Rejoinder: Industry-Level Shift-Share Analysis." Economic Development Quarterly 8, no. 2 (May 1994): 214–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/089124249400800211.
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Shift-share analysis results with either the conventional model or the DEM model are identical at the regional level. At the industrial level, however, the two models are quite different. In the author's original article, he indicated that he believed the DEM model to be superior to the conventional model at the industrial level in its analytical, interpretive, and policy qualities. DEM's homothetic approach as well as its reallocation of the growth and mix effects are more didactic than conventional model results. Neither shift-share model is a growth model nor designed for analyzing demand-pull or foreign competition factors.
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Alsharari, Nizar Mohammad. "Internationalization of the higher education system: an interpretive analysis." International Journal of Educational Management 32, no. 3 (April 9, 2018): 359–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-04-2017-0082.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the process of internationalization of higher education (HE) in the United Arab Emirates by examining the development of its HE system, and analyzing the components and results of internationalization.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a qualitative research methodology to analyze primary evidence from interviews with academics in the UAE, and uses documents and archival research as secondary evidence to provide a comprehensive view of the UAE’s internationalized HE sector. A review of the literature is undertaken to inform discussion and analysis which focuses on the internal and external environments of the UAE. A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis identifies the benefits and challenges for the UAE of internationalized HE.FindingsThe study finds that internationalization of HE in the UAE has grown rapidly in the last decade, and that the UAE has sought to establish and promote itself as an “education hub” in the Middle East. However, this may subsume the government’s parallel goal of educating its citizenry to the level of skills necessitated by globalization. Three major forces promoting internationalization in the UAE are neoliberalism, quality assurance, and imported internationalization, an approach seeks the prestige conferred by international accreditation that is predominant in the UAE as well as other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. An area of concern is the governance of systems to ensure high quality for universities that may be state-owned, privately owned, or international branch campuses. The study concludes that regional integration could provide the way forward for these countries in their internationalization efforts, not by standardizing but by better formulating study programs across the range of state, private and international higher education institutions.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has important implications for HE policy and governance in the development of internationalized HE in the UAE. It provides theoretical perspectives with practical implications, focusing on some of the critical issues in this developing field for HE administrators and practitioners alike. It also has implications for the UAE’s national social values and cultural identity. This may be a reflection of the UAE’s relatively recent unification as a state whose HE system, developed to skill its population, has been overtaken by the imperative to compete in a globalized world. The research is limited by the absence of longitudinal data to review longer-term outcomes.Originality/valueThe UAE, like other GCC countries, is striving to take its higher educational system to a higher level of performance. This study can be considered as one of the very few studies in the area of the internationalization of HE in the UAE. It contributes to the HE literature by identifying factors and circumstances that facilitate, and hinder, the development of internationalization of HE in the UAE. Globalization can be considered as one of the history’s most significant social processes, and the HE sector plays a vital role in the delivery of knowledge and skills to societies, and thus its socio-economic development.
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Van Aswegen, Jennifer, David Hyatt, and Dan Goodley. "A critical discourse problematization framework for (disability) policy analysis." Qualitative Research Journal 19, no. 2 (May 7, 2019): 185–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrj-12-2018-0004.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a composite framework for critical policy analysis drawing from discourse analysis and post-structuralist analysis. Drawing on an interpretive paradigm (Yanow, 2014), this paper provides a thick description (Geertz, 1973) of the processes involved in the application of these tools in a critical policy analysis project, focusing on disability policy within the Irish context. Methodologically, this is a resourceful cross-fertilization of analytical tools to interrogate policy, highlighting its potential within critical disability policy analysis and beyond. Design/methodology/approach Merging a critical discourse analysis framework and a policy problematization approach, the combination of tools presented here, along with their associated processes, is referred to as the critical discourse problematization framework. Findings Potentially, the framework can also be employed across a number of cognate social policy fields including education, welfare and social justice. Practical implications The value of this paper lies in its potential to be used within analytical practice in the field of critical (disability) policy work by offering an evaluation of the analytical tools and theoretical framework deployed and modeled across an entire research process. Social implications The framework has the potential and has been used successfully as a tool for disability activism to influence policy development. Originality/value The analytical framework presented here is a methodically innovative approach to the study of policy analysis, marrying two distinct analytical tools to form a composite framework for the study of policy text.
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de Graaf, Laurens, Tamara Metze, and Merlijn van Hulst. "Understanding the drama of democracy: looking back at the Seventh International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis." Critical Policy Studies 7, no. 4 (December 2013): 422–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2013.851150.
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Omelyanenko, Vitaliy, Olga Kudrina, Olena Semenikhina, Vasily Zihunov, Olena Danilova, and Tetiana Liskovetska. "Conceptual aspects of modern innovation policy." European Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 238–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n2p238.
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The country's participation in the processes of high technology development and transfer depends on: the level of its socio-economic development; the effectiveness of identifying innovative priorities; the developing an international strategy. This necessitates the development of theoretical foundations and practical recommendations for countries' participation in high technology development processes in the global innovation system. We propose to consider high technology analysis as an analysis of public policy (interpretive analytics) and research in science and technology and technology assessment. Recently, an approach has come to the fore, in which it is necessary to focus not so much on absolute leaders who have already built their own chain of creation of innovations (from basic research to competitive companies), but more to develop their own unique competencies. The factor of formation of competitive innovative systems is creation of unique innovative environment on the basis of combination of technological basis, innovative economy and socio-cultural system. Keywords: innovation policy, high technology, innovative landscapes, clusters, human resources, technology transfer
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Gunn, Alexandra C., and Helen Trevethan. "Constructing the problem of initial teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand: policy formation and risk, 2010-2018." New Zealand Annual Review of Education 24 (February 25, 2020): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/nzaroe.v24i0.6322.
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This paper reports findings from an interpretive policy and discourse analysis of documents informing contemporary initial teacher education (ITE) policy development in Aotearoa New Zealand. The study first asks: what is the problem of teacher education as constituted in policy and associated documents in the period 2010-2018? We then compare the problems, suggested solutions, and recent evidence about the work of teacher education in New Zealand, to discuss the policy discourse, and theorise about the potential utility of solutions to address the problems raised. Our comparative analysis of the problems of ITE and proposed policy solutions with research evidence of teacher education work underscores the imperative of engagement with local and relevant evidence-based knowledge as a basis for informed policy decision making.
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Kumar, Dinesh. "India’s rural healthcare systems: structural modeling." International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 31, no. 7 (August 13, 2018): 757–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa-02-2017-0020.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify factors related to rural healthcare services and establish a hierarchical model for the effective rural healthcare management in India. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey identified and correlated numerous factors related to the Uttarakhand rural healthcare systems. Experts opinion were translated into a reachability matrix and an interpretive structural model. A fuzzy matriced impacts croises-multiplication applique and classment (FMICMAC) analysis arranged the factors as hierarchical stages using their driving power. Findings The interpretive structural and FMICMAC hierarchical models suggest four key driving factors: diseases, climatic conditions, population growth and political pressure. Practical implications Despite numerous issues, rural healthcare services can be improved by considering key driving factors that could be used as a prediction tool for policy makers. Originality/value Results demonstrate that population control, coordinating services with local bodies and rural health center annual maintenance can be game changers toward better healthcare services.
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Simi, Pete, and Steven Windisch. "The Culture of Violent Talk: An Interpretive Approach." Social Sciences 9, no. 7 (July 10, 2020): 120. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci9070120.
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One of the defining characteristics of extremist movements is the adherence to an ideology highly antagonistic to the status quo and one that permits or explicitly promotes the use of violence to achieve stated goals and to address grievances. For members of extremist groups, talk is one of the most concrete manifestations of how adherents communicate their ideas to each other and the general public. These discussions, however, do not necessarily involve a direct correspondence between words and future behavior. To better understand the culture of violent talk, we investigate how white supremacist extremists use these discussions as a rhetorical device that provides them with a sense of doing and an opportunity to express their frustrations and anger. Our analysis is grounded primarily in the ethnographic data we collected on a variety of US white supremacists since 1997. Our investigation offers important insight regarding the interactional qualities of extremist culture as well as policy implications regarding the assessment process.
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Convertino, Christina. "What’s a charter school? How the charter school debate and misinformation mediate the local production of school choice." Policy Futures in Education 15, no. 2 (March 30, 2016): 157–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1478210316637970.
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In this article, based on an ethnographic study in Sundale City, Arizona, I use an interpretive and anthropological approach to policy analysis to highlight how social actors interpreted the national charter school debate to enact local school choice policy development in their everyday lives. Specifically, findings from this study provide a contextualized portrayal that illustrates how an economic rationality of schooling and an absence of information on school choice policy served to polarize and fracture the potential for citizens to collectively grapple with and address local educational issues democratically.
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Bale, Jeff. "“Weg Da—Wir Wollen Lernen!” Education Reform in Hamburg, Germany in Neoliberal Times." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 115, no. 8 (August 2013): 1–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146811311500801.
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Background/Context This paper is in dialogue with critical policy scholarship that has developed a certain consensus about what neoliberalism is and what its impact has been on recent education policy. A substantial part of the paper comprises a synthesis of recent German scholarship on neoliberal education policies in that country. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study Drawing on critical analysis of neoliberal education policy, this paper examines a recent education reform measure in Hamburg, Germany. A key component of the intended reform measure was defeated by a ballot initiative spearheaded by a coalition of Hamburg residents widely understood to represent the city's wealthy elite. Making sense of the controversy over this reform measure is the central goal of this paper. To do so, I identify five features of neoliberal education policy in Germany and use them as a framework within which to read the specific reform measure in Hamburg and the resistance to it. Research Design This paper reports an interpretive policy analysis and draws on document sources from four interpretive communities: (a) Hamburg's education ministry; (b) two pro-reform coalitions; (c) one anti-reform coalition; and (c) news media sources. A total of 389 documents were collected for this study, to which I applied a grounded theory approach for data analysis. Conclusions/Recommendations By reading this controversy against previous scholarship on neoliberal education policy, I argue that this specific case of education reform in Hamburg does not follow the pattern such analysis would predict. By stressing this divergence, I neither intend to challenge the consensus on neoliberalism within critical policy scholarship, nor to position this reform policy as a panacea to neoliberal ills. Rather, I argue that the anomalous nature of this specific reform effort in Hamburg provides two unique analytical opportunities: (a) to understand more deeply the constraints imposed by neoliberalism on schooling, especially in a context of policy making that bucks the neoliberal trend; and (b) to identify more clearly what educational policy strategies are required to move beyond neoliberal imperatives for schooling and society.
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Steel, Emily J. "The Duplicity of Choice and Empowerment: Disability Rights Diluted in Australia’s Policies on Assistive Technology." Societies 9, no. 2 (May 22, 2019): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc9020039.
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The combination of choice as a contested concept and its increasing adoption as a policy principle necessitates a critical analysis of its interpretation within Australia’s reforms to disability services. While choice may appear to be an abstract and flexible principle in policy, its operationalization in practice tends to come with conditions. This paper investigates the interpretation of choice in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), via an interpretive policy analysis of assistive technology (AT) provision. Analysis of policy artefacts reveals a diminishing influence of disability rights in favor of an economic discourse, and contradictory assumptions about choice in the implementation of legislation. The language of choice and empowerment masks the relegation of the presumption of capacity to instead perpetuate professional power in determining access to resources by people with disability.
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Gildersleeve, Ryan Evely. "Making and Becoming the Undocumented and the Illegal: Discourses of Immigration and American Higher Education Policy." education policy analysis archives 25 (March 27, 2017): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.25.2286.
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This paper discursively analyzes the public conversation around immigration as it intra-sects with state and federal policy, particularly in relation to higher education. I take in-state resident tuition policy as a departure point for an interpretive effort to explain how “undocumented” and “illegal” subject positions are produced through intra-secting policy texts, popular journalism, and presidential campaigns. I illustrate how the ethics produced through this policy regime act pedagogically, mediating understandings of students becoming reified into “undocumented” and/or “illegal” identities. I pay special attention to the discursive productions made available from policy texts, both state-based (e.g., CA Dream Act) and federal (e.g., DACA), highlighting the use of discourse analysis in the interrogation of social policy.
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Wallace, Sarah, Carolyn Wallace, Joyce Kenkre, Jo Brayford, and Simon Borja. "An Exploration of the Needs of Men Experiencing Domestic Abuse: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis." Partner Abuse 10, no. 2 (April 1, 2019): 243–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1946-6560.10.2.243.
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This study determines the needs of men experiencing domestic abuse from an intimate partner. In-depth interviews with 6 men who sought support are analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). Four master themes (interpreted as needs) are identified from analysis, “recognition” (of male victims and the impact), “safety,” “accepting domestic abuse,” and “rebuilding.” A need for recognition is identified as the dominant theme influencing the capacity for the 3 remaining needs to be met. Domestic abuse is generally understood to be a gendered, heteronormative experience. Abused men are not acknowledged as “typical” victims. The lack of recognition prevented participants from accepting and recognizing their victimization resulting in delayed help-seeking and prolonged abuse. A joint commitment is required from policy and practice to raise the profile of abused men, challenge wider society's prevailing norms, and embed equal status for all victims.
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DS Susilowati, Kartika, Asminah Rachmi, and Nur Indah Riwajanti. "Analysis of Contract Farming Partnership for Sustainable Supply of Tobacco (a Case Study on the Integrated Production System Program of PT. HM Sampoerna Tbk. - Indonesia)." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 4.15 (October 7, 2018): 219. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.15.22993.
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This study explored the implementation of the integrated production system program established by PT. HM Sampoerna Tbk Indonesia, a leading Indonesian tobacco company, and examined its potential and constraints. The program was intended to develop cooperation between the company and its tobacco suppliers to get a sustainable supply of tobacco from farmers with quantity, quality and price set according to the company’s standards. This study employed an interpretive research design, following a post-positivist paradigm. The data were collected by means of in-depth interviews, observation and document study and were analyzed using the key tenet of Martin Heidegger’s interpretive phenomenology. The interpretive process was achieved through hermeneutic circle to understand how individuals involved in the program interpreted the program including their own experiences as well as their interactions with other parties. The results of the study indicated that the created contract farming partnership was capable of providing the company with a sustainable supply of tobacco and increasing its production volume. Nevertheless, it was unable to improve the quality of the farmers’ lives as it was chiefly intended to meet the company’s commercial needs. The results from the study have direct relevance to policy makers in Indonesia, especially those that have been implemented contract farming and to agribusiness companies seeking contractual relationships for commodity production.
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Pitchaimuthu, Selladurai, Jitesh J. Thakkar, and P. R. C. Gopal. "Modelling of risk factors for defence aircraft industry using interpretive structural modelling, interpretive ranking process and system dynamics." Measuring Business Excellence 23, no. 3 (October 22, 2019): 217–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mbe-05-2018-0028.
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Purpose Risk management in defence aircraft industry has considerable interest among academics and practitioners. The purpose of this paper is to develop interactions among risk factors dimensions (RFDs) and inspect the importance relationship among the performance measures in Indian aircraft industry and, finally, understand the effect of involvements provided by the managerial team on risk reduction process. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review was carried out to identify 26 risk parameters and 13 performance measure indices relevant for an aircraft industry. Survey method was used to obtain the importance of these parameters and measures. Further, these factors are grouped into five risk dimensions based on the brain storming session by the project managers. Initially, Risk factors for defense aircraft industry (RFDs) analyzed by Interpretative structural model (ISM) to know the contextual relationship among the RFDs and then applied Interpretive ranking process (IRP) to inspect the pre-eminence relationship among them. Finally, SD is applied to understand the effect of involvements provided by the managerial team on risk reduction process. Findings Government policy and legal RFDs has emerged as the key driving RFDs. In IRP modelling, technology RFD has emerged as more influential RFD which is the more relevant factor with respect to performance measure indices and this result is supported by detailed sensitivity analysis of system dynamic model. Originality/value The outcomes of this research can help project management team to identify the high severity risk factors which need immediate risk reduction/mitigation action.
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Naz, Mariam, Yaar Muhammad, and Aisha Mahmood. "Stress and Burnout: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Elite School Teachers Beliefs and Experiences." Global Sociological Review VII, no. II (June 30, 2022): 120–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(vii-ii).13.
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This study explored the beliefs of elite school teachers concerning the effect of students' behavior on teachers' stress and burnout in an elite school. It also aimed to find out the perceptions of elite school teachers about organizational climate inducing teachers' stress and burnout. This study used an interpretive phenomenological research design to get an insight into the lived experiences of stress and burnout elite schoolteachers face. A criterion sampling technique was used to select a sample of fifteen teachers employed in an elite school in Lahore. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to get a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of elite school teachers. The thematic cross-case analysis revealed that most teachers experience-work stress and burnout. Some of the major stressors for teachers were administrative conflicts, collegial issues,excessive workload, lack of appreciation, and organizational environment. Students' disruptive behavior is the most significant predictor of teacher stress and exhaustion. It has been concluded that teachers need to have a properly articulated policy that could possibly protect their rights.
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Shiwakoti, Rabindra. "Policy Implementation Challenges of Special/Inclusive Education in Nepal." Molung Educational Frontier 12, no. 01 (June 27, 2022): 190–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/mef.v12i01.45924.
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This study critically analyzed Nepal's policy implementation challenges of special/inclusive education. Using qualitative data collected through document analysis, interviews, and focus group discussions, this study is based on the premises of qualitative research design under the interpretative paradigm followed by critical interpretive design to analyze and interpret the field data. For this, 15 (fifteen) policy experts from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, Department of Education, university professors, and 11 (eleven) head teachers from 6 (six) special and 5 (five) integrated schools, and special education council members and members of disabled related organizations were purposively selected as the informants. Furthermore, inadequate human resources, lack of necessary budgetary provision, and low level of awareness are the major challenges of special education in Nepal. There is a lack of a separate special education policy in the foundation period, and the responsibility and authority of relevant stakeholders are not explicitly stated. At the practice level, the researcher found a gap in the inductive action plans for implementation across the central, provincial, and local levels of government of Nepal. It was also found that there was no coordination among the Ministry of Education and other line ministries for the implementation of existing policy and provisions. This study implies that coherent policy-making is required through consultation with the relevant stakeholders from the central, provincial, and local levels so that there is a minimum gap in power-sharing among agencies at different levels of governance. Such attempts will ease the implementation of macro policies into the micro contexts.
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Emezue, Chuka Nestor, Debbie S. Dougherty, Maithe Enriquez, Linda Bullock, and Tina L. Bloom. "Perceptions of Risk for Dating Violence Among Rural Adolescent Males: An Interpretive Analysis." American Journal of Men's Health 16, no. 5 (September 2022): 155798832211268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15579883221126884.
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About one in eight U.S. high school students in Grades 9 to 12 report experiencing teen dating violence (TDV) in the form of physical, sexual, or psychological dating violence in the past year in person, on school grounds, and online. Compared with their urban counterparts, rural teens face nearly double the rate of physical dating abuse and an elevated risk of experiencing multiple forms of violence. Rural young males are exposed to regional masculinities and gender norms that may simultaneously promote female subordination (a prelude to dating violence) while impeding help-seeking intentions. We used an interpretive and dialectical approach grounded in Relational Dialectics Theory to explore how rural young males perceive and describe their own risk of experiencing and perpetrating dating violence and the factors contributing to their help-seeking intentions and behaviors. Data from three focus groups and individual interviews with 27 rural young males (ages 15–24) were collated. We identified two central dialectical themes described as (a) Social Tension Dialectics (subthemes include: Abusive vs. Unhealthy Relationships: A Dialectic of Language; #MeToo vs. #WeToo: A Dialectic of Victimhood; “It’s All Country Boys”: A Dialectic of Masculinity) and (b) Help-Seeking Dialectics demonstrating the dual roles Religion, School Guidance Counselors, Peer Mentors, and Social Cohesion play in promoting or preventing dating violence. Overall, we found dialectic tensions in rural youth risk perceptions about dating violence. These findings bear implications for advocates and practitioners working with rural youth in planning developmentally and culturally appropriate TDV prevention programs, offering policy and research-relevant insight.
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Durnová, Anna, and Paul Just. "Societies in conflict: experts, publics and democracy. The 8th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis, Vienna, July 2013." Critical Policy Studies 8, no. 4 (October 2, 2014): 375–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2014.957044.
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Koulierakis, G., E. Karampli, V. Tsiantou, V. Naoum, P. Naoum, K. Athanasakis, E. Pavi, and J. Kyriopoulos. "PND117 PATIENTS' PERSPECTIVES OF LIVING WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN GREECE: AN INTERPRETIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS." Value in Health 22 (November 2019): S759. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2019.09.1887.
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Molla, Tebeje. "Critical policy scholarship in education: An overview." education policy analysis archives 29 (January 10, 2021): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5655.
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This paper presents an overview of critical policy scholarship (CPS) in education. Historically, policy research has been dominated by what is commonly referred to as the policy science tradition, which is positivist in its philosophical stance and instrumentalist in its purpose—it focuses on producing knowledge relevant for policy decisions. However, with the rise of interpretive social inquiry in the 1970s and against the backdrop of unique political developments in the 1980s, CPS emerged as an alternative policy research perspective. This review discusses the scope and foci of CPS in education under four themes: methodological assumptions, interdisciplinary roots, enduring analytical goals, and emerging empirical contexts. Implications of the prevalence of inequality, Big Data and digital panopticon for educational policymaking and policy research are also briefly discussed. The paper concludes that although its foci of analysis have shifted considerably in the last four decades, analytical interest and tools of CPS remain largely unchanged.
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Molla, Tebeje. "Critical policy scholarship in education: An overview." education policy analysis archives 29 (January 10, 2021): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5655.
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This paper presents an overview of critical policy scholarship (CPS) in education. Historically, policy research has been dominated by what is commonly referred to as the policy science tradition, which is positivist in its philosophical stance and instrumentalist in its purpose—it focuses on producing knowledge relevant for policy decisions. However, with the rise of interpretive social inquiry in the 1970s and against the backdrop of unique political developments in the 1980s, CPS emerged as an alternative policy research perspective. This review discusses the scope and foci of CPS in education under four themes: methodological assumptions, interdisciplinary roots, enduring analytical goals, and emerging empirical contexts. Implications of the prevalence of inequality, Big Data and digital panopticon for educational policymaking and policy research are also briefly discussed. The paper concludes that although its foci of analysis have shifted considerably in the last four decades, analytical interest and tools of CPS remain largely unchanged.
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Mohammed Saleh Alduais, Ahmed, Abdulghani Muthanna, Fabian William Nyenyembe, Jim Chatambalala, Markos Tezera Taye, Md Shahabul Haque, Mjege Kinyota, and Patrick Severine Kavenuke. "The (National) Doctoral Dissertations Assessment in China: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis." International Journal of Doctoral Studies 17 (2022): 115–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4938.
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Aim/Purpose: Our study explores the perspectives of international doctoral graduates on (national) dissertation assessment in China. Background: In the absence of national standards or in the presence of impractical ones for assessing doctoral dissertations, these factors have inevitably led to what Granovsky et al. (1992, p. 375) called “up to standard rejected” and “below standard accepted.” Improving upon this debate, this study examines the lived experiences of seven doctoral graduates who have completed their doctoral degrees in a leading university in China. Methodology: An interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) method was used, which entails seven participant observations, seven semi-structured e-interviews, and 29 external reviews. Contribution: In the present study, we addressed the issue of doctoral dissertation assessment standards with a view to enhancing understanding of the quality of doctoral education. It emphasizes the strengths of this aspect in China and critically describes the weaknesses based on the experiences of doctoral graduates in China. Findings: Among the major findings of this study are: (a) the external review of the dissertations presented in the literature review appears to be extremely unique in comparison to the countries discussed in the literature and the countries of the participants (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, and Yemen); (b) the national assessment strengthens higher education on a macro level, but is detrimental at the micro-level; and (c) while external reviews appear credible as a policy towards the standardization of doctoral dissertation assessment, this credibility evaporates when one considers the quality of reviews provided and the motivation of reviewers to pass or reject a dissertation, including the supervisor’s exclusion from this process. Recommendations for Practitioners: Students seeking a doctoral degree or dissertation should become familiar with the A-Z detail of the requirements for the degree and thesis. In addition to meeting this overt requirement, their efforts must also be directed to meet the covert requirements, including the requirements of the external reviewers, their supervisors, and the country’s laws. There is a necessity for external reviewers to rethink their decisions and attempt to assess objectively, putting aside their personal views and preferences. There is a need to re-examine the flexibility granted to external reviewers for making decisions regarding doctoral degrees. Recommendation for Researchers: Future research should consider involving an increased number of parties in the conflict between doctoral students, supervisors, and external reviewers. Impact on Society: The Chinese government allocates substantial resources for doctoral studies for both international and local students. The spending of government funds on a doctoral student for four years or more, and then the degree is decided by an external reviewer, is uneconomical on the level of financial capital and human capital. Doctoral students are also human beings, and it does not seem logical that one should judge the quality of their efforts over the course of three or more years by reading the doctoral dissertation once. While they were pursuing their doctoral degrees, they kept their families apart, they lived alone, struggled to make it through hardships, and were easily destroyed. Future Research: In the future, more interviews may be conducted with respondents belonging to a variety of universities in China, including Chinese students. Additionally, supervisors and external reviewers (if available) should be included. Last but not least, including decision-makers in Chinese higher education can give future research more credibility.
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Hajaroh, Mami. "DIFUSI KEBIJAKAN PENGARUSUTAMAAN GENDER PADA INDIVIDU: REFLEKSI TERHADAP METODE PENELITIAN DIFUSI." Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan 15, no. 2 (January 12, 2013): 342–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.21831/pep.v15i2.1101.
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan model kon-septual difusi kebijakan, faktor-faktor penentu adopsi, dan metode penelitian difusi pengarusutamaan gender (PUG). Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif fenomenologi dengan subjek Fatayat NU di DIY. Data dikumpulkan dengan interview mendalam dengan triangulasi tema-tema. Analisis data menggunakan Interpretive Phenomenology Analysis (IPA) dan Event History Analysis (EHA). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa model konseptual difusi kebijakan pada individu ditemukan dengan tahap pengetahuan, persuasi, konfirmasi, keputusan dan implementasi. Adopsi kebijakan PUG pada individu ditentukan oleh faktor internal meliputi latar belakang individu, keinovatif-an sesuai dengan kebutuhan individu, dan perilaku aktif dari individu dan faktor penentu eksternal meliputi ketersediaan sumber dan saluran informasi, Anggota Kelompok (Member group), Kelompok Referensi (Reference group). Penelitian difusi kebijakan pada individu menggambarkan sebuah proses mental yang kompleks yang membutuhkan kajian interdisipliner berba-gai bidang ilmu. Kata kunci: pengarusutamaan gender, difusi, adopsi, kebijakan, metode penelitian______________________________________________________________ THE DIFFUSION OF THE GENDER MAINSTREAMING POLICY IN INDIVIDUALS: A REFLECTION ON THE DIFFUSION RESEARCH METHOD Abstract This study aims to find out a conceptual model for the diffusion of a policy, adoption determinant factors, and a research method for the gender mainstreaming diffusion. This study employed the phenomenological qualitative approach involving the members of Fatayat NU in Yogyakarta Special Territory. The data were collected through in-depth interviews using theme triangulation. The data were analyzed using the Interpretive Phenomenology Analysis (IPA) and Event History Analysis (EHA). The research findings show that that the conceptual model for the diffusion of a policy in individuals is applied through the stages of knowledge, persuasion, confirma-tion, decision, and implementation. The adoption of the gender mainstreaming policy in individuals is determined by internal factors, including the individual’s backgrounds, the innovative-ness in accordance with the individual’s needs, and the individual’s active behaviors, and by external factors, including the availability of information sources and channels, member groups, and reference groups. A study on the diffusion of a policy in individuals describes a very complex mental process that needs interdisciplinary studies involving a variety of sciences. Keywords: gender mainstreaming, diffusion, adoption, policy, research method
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Mohanty, Mahamaya. "Assessing sustainable supply chain enablers using total interpretive structural modeling approach and fuzzy-MICMAC analysis." Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 29, no. 2 (March 12, 2018): 216–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/meq-03-2017-0027.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to model the enablers of an integrated logistics. The integration is accounted for incorporating sustainability, thereby aiming in its theory building. Existing models have focused on enablers of sustainable supply chain independently which lacks a holistic view in understanding the integrated logistics for sustainable supply chain. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review, expert opinion from both industry and academia based on questionnaire survey, is conducted to find the relevant enablers. The modeling of these enablers is done using total interpretive structural modeling (TISM). Finally, TISM along with its respective fuzzy-matriced impact croises multiplication applique (fuzzy-MICMAC) analysis is depicted. Findings The result of the survey and TISM model with its respective fuzzy-MICMAC has been used to evolve the mutual relationships among the important enablers of integrated logistics of consumer durables. The strategic factors obtained from TISM are integration and collaboration in the supply chain, vehicle type, and capacity; reduction in average length of haul; and real-time information system. Route selection and scheduling, reduction of fuel consumption, customer relationship management, green technology, cost reduction, etc., are some of the operational factors. Sustainable environment performance is obtained as the performance factor. Fuzzy-MICMAC is more responsive than the traditional MICMAC analysis. Research limitations/implications The study has limitation for the development of a conceptual framework for integrated logistics in uncertain environments. So it can be extended by combining soft computing methodologies. There is a lack of mathematical quantification of the proposed model where the enablers of sustainability can be measured. Practical implications The study on integrated logistics for sustainable supply chain is itself a new area to be explored, as very few studies on this relevant topic exist. The research concentrates on TISM for the integrated logistics and the movement of consumer durables through different distribution channels of a supply chain. The study has implications for practitioners, academicians, and policy makers. For practitioners, it provides a list of strategic factors, operational factors, and performance factors. For academicians, this methodology can be opted to conduct an exploratory study by identifying the essential enablers. For policy makers, the regulations can be developed using the above model. Originality/value It is an effort to model the important enablers and establish sustainability in integrated logistics of consumer durables.