L'Entretien Dans L'Analyse Des Politiques Publiques : Un Impensé MéThodologique ?

Abstract

Lately, French policy analysts have regularly and consentiently used interviews. This is confirmed by the analysis of public action literature, the screening of recent scientific studies, as well as a field study (questionnaires submitted to political science PhDs - 1990-2003 -). When firstly imported/invented, this specialization advocated a concrete analysis of the State However, when it comes to the empirical argumentation of theories, this becomes problematic in the view of the poor metholodogical reflexivity of the interviews. A contrario, reflecting on a methodology of data production may contribute to dynamically promote the scientific field of public action. © 2005 Presses de Sciences Po.