Here are a couple of concrete examples of end/s means questions that
reflect a different perspective than most of what I've read-- perhaps not
all that's been posted.
This idea comes from Rochefort & Cobb. (1994). "AIDS policymaking." *The
Politics of Problem Definition: Shaping the Policy Agenda.* University of
Kansas Press.
They talk about "the instrumental/expressive dimension," and say we run
into this everyday in...
"decisions of greater or lesser magnitude that engage reason and emotion,
require assessment of ends versus means, and pit one valued principle
against another."
Their examples are in AIDS policy: clean needles, condom distribution in
schools.
Mary Apodaca
mapodaca@carbon.cudenver.edu
--"Mary E. Apodaca" <mapodaca@carbon.cudenver.edu>
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