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100	1		_aHODGETT, Susan _937879
245	1	0	_aOn the use of narratives for assessing development policy
260			_aMalden, MA : _bBlackwell, _cMarch 2009
520	3		_aThe paper discusses the extent to which narratives enrich human development policy assessment beyond statistical data. Our arguments are divided in three parts. First, after introducing the capability approach, we examine the theoretical rationale for assessing policy beyond statistics and the relevance of narratives in policy assessment. Second, we review one major exception in policy assessment, the European Union (EU) Community Infrastructure measure. The paper theorizes interpretive approaches and the use of narratives in policy assessment. It suggests that in order for the capability approach to make a significant contribution to policy research we should explore the absolute presuppositions underpinning policy-making, and recognize that there is no intelligible distinction between quantitative and qualitative research: both acquire meaning in terms of the social plot in which they are mobilized. Consequently, we argue that future understanding of human wellbeing must be conceptualized within a meta-theoretic framework.
700	1		_aDENEULIN, Séverine _937880
773	0	8	_tPublic Administration: an international quarterly _g87, 1, p. 65-79 _dMalden, MA : Blackwell, March 2009 _xISSN 00333298 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c30198 _d30198
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