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Which one is not a hall-mark of postpositivists approach to policy studies ?
Answer: C
The feature that is not a hallmark of the post-positivist approach is quantitative analysis.
Post-positivist policy studies, associated with writers such as Frank Fischer, John Forester and the 'argumentative turn', reject the idea that policy can be analysed as a purely technical, value-free exercise. They stress subjective reflection on the analyst's own position, normative analysis of values and goals, and argumentation and deliberation among stakeholders.
Reliance on quantitative, statistical analysis is characteristic of the positivist, rational-technical approach that post-positivists criticise. They do not reject numbers altogether, but quantification is not their hallmark.
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