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dc.contributor.authorBOUSSAGUET, Laurie
dc.contributor.authorFAUCHER, Florence
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-22T15:49:29Z
dc.date.available2021-02-22T15:49:29Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationFrench politics, 2020, Vol. 18, No. 1-2, pp. 189-205en
dc.identifier.issn1476-3419
dc.identifier.issn1476-3427
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/70150
dc.descriptionFirst published online: February 2020en
dc.description.abstractThat the symbolic is an identifiable dimension of contemporary politics is unlikely to be a controversial statement. Yet, political scientists have been wary of drawing attention to the category, if not in denial about its importance for their field of study. The article starts with an overview of the public policy literature and shows how the symbolic dimension is often treated as less "real" and as "mere communication". Despite the growing attention to feedback, narratives and qualitative approaches to the evaluation of policies, the symbolic remains a terrain treaded with care. In the second section, we propose a definition of the symbolic that highlights some of the key aspects that are relevant to political analysis and for the analysis of their role in public policy. In the third section, we advocate taking into account how public policies incorporate and use the symbolic and propose several avenues of research.en
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillanen
dc.relation.ispartofFrench politicsen
dc.titleBeyond a "gesture" : the treatment of the symbolic in public policy analysisen
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41253-020-00107-9
dc.identifier.volume18
dc.identifier.startpage189
dc.identifier.endpage205
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