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100			_aLiggett, Helen
245			_aThe play of approved method and authorized value in the administration of public issues
260			_c1997
300			_ap.1955-978
362			_aNov
520			_aThe goal of this piece is to construct a model for policy analysis that provides analysts with conceptual tools for studying policy as a discursive practice. Policy formulation is viewed as a generative process, as social relations set in the play of larger social formations. Fiction and non-fiction examples are used to develop a mode of analysis using Bourdieu's notion of discursive economies. These include The Milagro Beanfield War and an illustrative case study of the administration of CDBG's in a mid-sized city. The argument is made that this approach leads to a highly politicized view of the administration of public issues as the play between approved method and authorized value. Finally, the approach is connected to current policy-making tactics at the federal level. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic policy
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
909			_a35604
999			_c35604 _d35604