Reframing Public Policy: Discursive Politics and Deliberative Practices

Extract

Reframing Public Policy: Discursive Politics and Deliberative Practices, Frank Fischer, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. xii, 266.

Although in some ways perpetuating a counter-factual narrative about positivist policy analysis and research, Frank Fischer's Reframing Public Policy is an important book because it provides critical perspectives on the dominant forms of inquiry while also articulating in detail complementary or alternative methodologies. This book is not likely to disappoint followers—nor is it likely to persuade sceptics.