A narrative-interactionist approach to policy change analysis. Lessons from a case study of the cultural policy domain in Catalonia

The cultural policy domain can be considered a relevant object of study for analyzing policy change processes in which policy discourse and the ambiguity of language have a central role. However, there are few studies that analyze cultural policy and policy change. This article therefore develops an...

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Published in:Critical policy studies 2015-10, Vol.9 (4), p.434-453
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