interpretive policy analysis
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

semiotic, linguistic, and discursive orientations
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

decentered theory
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

cultural orientations
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

cross-cultural governance
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

micropolitics
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

bottom-up approaches
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

local knowledge
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

action research
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

sensemaking
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

translation
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

governance
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

social practice
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

narrative theory
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

theory, metatheory, methodology, and inquiry
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

critical theory
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

interpretive theory
type: Concept
broader: empirical political theory
broader: theories of governance
broader: semiotic, linguistic, and discursive orientations
broader: approaches to organization theory
broader: cross-cultural governance
broader: governance
broader: cultural orientations
broader: critical theory
broader: theory, metatheory, methodology, and inquiry
narrower: social practice
narrower: tradition
narrower: narrative theory
narrower: social constructivism
narrower: micropolitics
narrower: interpretive policy analysis
narrower: translation
narrower: local knowledge
narrower: situated agency
narrower: local reasoning
narrower: dilemma
narrower: action research
narrower: bottom-up approaches
narrower: everyday maker
narrower: sensemaking
narrower: decentered theory
related: governmentality
definition: Interpretive theory is constituted of a family of approaches rooted in the German idealist tradition, beginning with Immanuel Kant's emphasis on the importance of a priori knowledge of mind as preceding any attempt to grasp empirical experience. This tradition, which included theorists such as Wilhelm Dilthey, Max Weber, Edmund Husserl, and Alfred Schutz, provided the grounds for challenging sociological positivism. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Interpretive Theory]

empirical political theory
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

theories of governance
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

approaches to organization theory
type: Concept
narrower: interpretive theory

tradition
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

social constructivism
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

situated agency
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

local reasoning
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

dilemma
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

everyday maker
type: Concept
broader: interpretive theory

governmentality
type: Concept
related: interpretive theory

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: interpretive theory