Women, Policy and Politics: The Construction of Policy Problems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761956754)

This book offers a powerful new approach to policy studies. Drawing on recent perspectives from social constructionism, discourse analysis, the sociology of social problems and feminism, Carol Bacchi develops a step-by-step analytical tool for deconstructing policy problems. Her What′s the Problem?′ approach encourages students to reflect critically upon the ways in which policy problems get constructed within policy debates and policy proposals.

Author: Carol Lee Bacchi
ISBN-10: 0761956751
ISBN-13: 9780761956754
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 09/13/1999
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.00w x 0.57d