In their earlier book Interpreting British Governance, Bevir and Rhodes sought to understand changes in British government by setting out an interpretative approach to British political science, which focused on an aggregate analysis of British political traditions. This book develops their theory further and challenges conventional approaches to political science. Bevir and Rhodes develop an anthropological epistemology and an ethnographic account of the governance narrative and seek to de-center British political science and British government. They address concerns that the...
In their earlier book Interpreting British Governance, Bevir and Rhodes sought to understand changes in British government by setting out an interpret...
Interpretive political science focuses on the meanings that shape actions and institutions, and the ways in which they do so. This Handbook explores the implications of interpretive theory for the study of politics. It provides the first definitive survey of the field edited by two of its pioneers. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, the Handbook s 32 chapters are split into five parts which explore:
the contrast between interpretive theory and mainstream political science;
the main forms of interpretive theory and the...
Interpretive political science focuses on the meanings that shape actions and institutions, and the ways in which they do so. This Handbook explore...
