Using Life Histories in Social Policy Research: The Case of Third Sector/Public Sector Boundary Crossing
Using Life Histories in Social Policy Research: The Case of Third Sector/Public Sector Boundary Crossing
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在社会政策研究中运用生活史：第三部门/公共部门边界跨越的案例
作者：
D. Lewis
摘要 生活史方法是社会政策研究的重要工具。本文采用人类学方法来研究政策，并使用从英国最近收集的一组生活工作历史中提取的数据来分析该方法的有用性。这些生活工作经历记录了在职业生涯中在公共部门和“第三部门”之间跨越的个人的经历。本文首先简要回顾了生活史方法的优点和缺点，然后分析了背景和个人层面的数据中出现的选定问题和主题。文章的结论是，生活史研究增加了我们对这两个部门之间关系的了解，以及对“部门”和政策的观念构建和实施过程的了解。
Abstract The life-history method is a valuable tool for social policy research. Taking an anthropological approach to studying policy, the article analyses the usefulness of the method using data drawn from a set of recently collected life-work histories from the UK. These life-work histories document the experiences of individuals who have crossed over between the public sector and the ‘third sector’ during their careers. The article first briefly reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the life-history method, then goes on to analyse selected issues and themes that emerge from the data at both the contextual and the individual levels. The article concludes that life-history work adds to our knowledge of the relationship between these two sectors, and of the processes through which ideas about ‘sector’ and policy are constructed and enacted.