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Interpreting The World of Political Elites. By David Richards and Martin J. Smith Poblic Administration, Vol.82, No.4, 2004,777-800.

Generally, these two contrasting narratives do not lead to conflict between ministers and civil servants, since the source of their narratives is the same—the Westminster model. However, a serious breakdown in the relationship between ministers and civil servants can occur when either one or both sets of actors: (a) ascribe to a tradition other than the Westminster model; or (b) when they appeal to different narratives within the Westminster model which shapes their subsequent behaviour and actions. The theoretical tool we us to develop this argument is the ‘interpretative approach’, associated with the recent works of …p.778

Policy Science: Analysis or ideology? By Laurence H. Tribe Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol.2, No.1, Autumn, 1972,66-110.

In postindustrial society,it was said,man would increasingly live by reason rather than conviction….And in the limited sphere where ends themselves would still conflict, the task would be reduced to that of behavioral conditioning and reasoned accommodation—the largely managerial and technological province of a mature legal order.p.66

The romance of the nation-state. By David Luban Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol.9, No. 4, Summer, 1980,392-297.

The rights of security and subsistence, with which I was concerned, are necessary for the enjoyment of any other rights at all；no one can do without them. Basic rights, therefore are universal. They are no respecters of political boundaries, and require a universalist politics to implement them, even when this means breaching the wall of state sovereignity.p.392

Political philosophy and the policy studies organization. By Ethan Fishman Political Sciences and Politics, Vol.24, No. 4, Dec., 1991,720-723.

Political philosophy enjoyed a questionable status within the discipline of political science during the post World WarⅡera. The efforts of behavioralists to equate political philosophy with antiquarianism and to deny the validity of qualitative analysis had convinced many political scientists that knowledge gained from studying the history of western political thought was no longer relevant. p.720

Democracy and the Policy Sciences: Aspirations and operations. By Peter deLeon Policy Studies Journal, Vol.22, No. 2, Summer, 1994,200-213.

In Lasswell's words (1951, p. 15), "the policy sciences of democracy" were "directed towards knowledge needed to improve the practice of democracy." p.200

The policy sciences redux: new roads to post-positivism. By Peter deLeon Policy Studies Journal, Vol.22, No. 1, Spring, 1994,176-184.

The policy sciences have traditionally been oriented towards a positivist epistemological perspective, with economics and many of its applied methodologies serving as the sine qua non of the approach. For a number of reasons, however, these approaches have recently been described as inadequate by themselves in understanding policy dilemmas, let alone prescribing policy remedies. p.176

Action Research and Public Policy Analysis: Sharpening the Political Perspectives of Public Policy Research.  By Craig G. Heatwole; Lawrence F. Keller; Garry L. Wamsley The Western Political Quarterly, Vol.29, No. 4, Dec., 1976,597-609.

According to Vernon Van Dyke,” political scientists pay relatively little attention to policy outputs designed to have consequences in environments external to the system.” p.597

“Facts” and “values” in Politics: Are they separable? By Felix E. Oppenheim Political Theory Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 1973,54-68.

It insists that political sciences limit itself to factual assertions (however theoretical) which are objectively—i.e., intersubjectively, verifiable by reference (however indirect) to observational evidence. p.54.