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100	1		_aMORÇÖL, Göktug _932066
245	1	0	_aPositivist beliefs among policy professionals : _ban empirical investigation
260			_aDordrecht, Netherlands : _bSpringer, _cDecember 2001
520	3		_aA group of scholars argue that mainstream policy analysis ispositivistic in its theory and practice. This paper reports the resultsof an e-mail survey that was conducted to investigate the extent,dimensions, and determinants of positivist beliefs among policyprofessionals. The survey results show that policy professionals aremore positivistic in their abstract beliefs and less so in their beliefsabout the role of politics and analysis in the policy process.Educational background is the most important factor determining beliefs:The economists and mathematicians/scientists are most positivistic intheir beliefs, while political scientists are least positivistic. Also,practitioners take more positivistic positions than academics. Overall,the largest percentage of the respondents see the postpositivistfacilitator role as the proper role for policy analysts,but there is also a significant percentage of those who prefer thepositivist problem solver role
773	0	8	_tPolicy Sciences _g34, 3-4, p. 381-401 _dDordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, December 2001 _xISSN 0032-2867 _w
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998			_a20070530 _b1628^b _cTiago
998			_a20070604 _b1442^b _cZailton
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c23719 _d23719
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