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Policy analysts' roles and value orientations: An empirical investigation using Q methodology

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  • Dan Durning

    (Public service associate at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government and an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Georgia)

  • Will Osuna

    (Doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, and the Carl Vinson Research Assistant in Public Administration)

Abstract

Several scholars have suggested that policy analysts and policy researchers can be classified as falling into one of a small number of ideal types. These ideal-type models are based largely on analysts' views of their roles in an organization and their value orientations, including their relationships with clients, their perceptions of their responsibility to the public, and their acceptance of professional norms. To determine to what extent practicing policy analysts and researchers resemble the ideal types, we administered Q-sorts to 38 analysts and researchers in three states. In our analysis of the Q-sorts, we identified five types. Also, we found that the analysts and researchers hold in common many views of analytic roles and values.

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  • Dan Durning & Will Osuna, 1994. "Policy analysts' roles and value orientations: An empirical investigation using Q methodology," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(4), pages 629-657.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:13:y:1994:i:4:p:629-657
    DOI: 10.2307/3325491
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    1. Dan Durning, 1999. "The transition from traditional to postpositivist policy analysis: A role for Q-methodology," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(3), pages 389-410.
    2. José Nederhand & Erik-Hans Klijn & Martijn Steen & Mark Twist, 2019. "The governance of self-organization: Which governance strategy do policy officials and citizens prefer?," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 52(2), pages 233-253, June.
    3. Pierre-Olivier Bédard, 2015. "The Mobilization of Scientific Evidence by Public Policy Analysts," SAGE Open, , vol. 5(3), pages 21582440156, September.

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