Methods and Instruments in the Study of Meaning-Making (1st ed. 2023) (Culture in Policy Making: The Symbolic Universes of Social Action)

Synopsis

This volume develops a theoretical framework for the modelling of meaning-making and cultural processes as crucial to the scientific study of contemporary complex societies. It focuses on the methodological and empirical aspects of the analysis of culture and its dynamics that could be applied to policymaking and to the understanding of social phenomena. It covers culture-based segmentation, ad hoc survey instruments like the VOC and PROSERV questionnaires, discourse flow analysis, the Homogenization of Classification Functions Measurement, and others. It also presents a detailed discussion of the methodology of cultural analysis in contexts of health and education. The volume showcases a top-down approach by including quantitative methods and/or automatized or semi-automatized procedures, and at the same time supports a hermeneutic, bottom-up, abductive approach, focused on the situated dynamics of meaning-making. It provides insights from cultural studies, social statistics, social policy, and research methodology in the social sciences. This is a useful resource for academics involved in studying cultural dynamics and for policy-oriented researchers and decision-makers who are interested in cultural dimensions of the design, implementation and reception of public policies.

Copyright:

2023

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783031219955

Related ISBNs:

9783031219948

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

03/28/23

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The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Psychology, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Sergio Salvatore

Edited by:

Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri

Edited by:

Terri Mannarini