interpretive policy analysis
semiotic, linguistic, and discursive orientations
decentered theory
cultural orientations
cross-cultural governance
micropolitics
bottom-up approaches
local knowledge
action research
sensemaking
translation
governance
social practice
narrative theory
theory, metatheory, methodology, and inquiry
critical theory
empirical political theory
theories of governance
approaches to organization theory
tradition
social constructivism
situated agency
local reasoning
dilemma
everyday maker
governmentality
interpretive theory
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]
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