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framework of understanding. At the same time, open-endedness helps to make sense
of social situations and phenomena, and to help practitioners gain a deeper insight
into their inherent complexities. In other words, an open-ended analysis explains
‘what makes things tick’. In the following chapter, I will apply PULSE
3 to the matter
of eThekwini’s green and ecological infrastructure policy landscape.
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Anderson P (1999) Perspective: complexity theory and organization science. Organ Sci 10(3):216–
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contributions of post-colonial theory to development education. Dev Educ J 12(3):7–10
Angen MJ (2000) Evaluating interpretive inquiry: reviewing the validity debate and opening the
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9
Berger PL, Luckmann T (1966) The social construction of reality: a treatise in the sociology of
knowledge. Anchor Books, Garden City
Bernal DD (2002) Critical race theory, latino critical theory, and critical race-gendered epistemologies: recognising students of color as holders and creators of knowledge. Qual Inq
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Beyer AC (2015) Insights from para-psychology for international relations. Peace Rev 27(4):484–
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Blyth M (2013) Paradigms and paradox: the politics of economic ideas in two moments of crisis.
Gov Int J Policy, Adm Inst 26(2):197–215
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framework of understanding. At the same time, open-endedness helps to make sense
of social situations and phenomena, and to help practitioners gain a deeper insight
into their inherent complexities. In other words, an open-ended analysis explains
‘what makes things tick’. In the following chapter, I will apply PULSE
3 to the matter
of eThekwini’s green and ecological infrastructure policy landscape.
References
Alderson P (1998) The importance of theories in health care. BMJ 317:1007–1010
Anderson P (1999) Perspective: complexity theory and organization science. Organ Sci 10(3):216–
232
Andreotti V (2006) ‘Theory without practice is idle, practice without theory is blind’: the potential
contributions of post-colonial theory to development education. Dev Educ J 12(3):7–10
Angen MJ (2000) Evaluating interpretive inquiry: reviewing the validity debate and opening the
dialogue. Qual Health Res 10(3):378–395
Ashton P, Turton A (2009) Water and security in sub-Saharan Africa: emerging concepts and their
implications for effective water resource management in the Southern African Region. In: Brauch
HG, Spring UO, Grin J, Mesjasz C, Kameri-Mbote P, Behera NC, Chourou B, Krummenacher H
(eds) Facing global environmental change: environmental, human, energy, food, health and water
security concepts. Springer, Berlin
Aviation Safety Council (ASC) (2002) Aircraft accident report: crashed on a partially closed runway
during takeoff, Singapore Airlines Flight 006, Boeing 747-400, 9 V-SPK, CKS Airport, Toayuan,
Taiwan, October 31, 2000. Aviation Safety Council, Taipei, Taiwan
Bäckstrand K (2004) Science, uncertainty and participation in global environmental governance.
Environ Polit 13(3):650–656
Banks T, Fischler W, Shenker SH, Susskind L (1997) M theory as a matrix model: a conjecture.
Phys Rev D 5(8):5112
Beach D, Kaas JG (2019) The great divides: Incommensurability, the impossibility of mixedmethodology, and what to do about it. Int Stud Rev viaa016
Béland D, Cox RH (2013) The politics of policy paradigms. Gov Int J Policy Adm Inst 26(2):193–
195
Bennett A (2010) From analytic eclecticism to structured pluralism. Qual Multi-Method Res 8(2):6–
9
Berger PL, Luckmann T (1966) The social construction of reality: a treatise in the sociology of
knowledge. Anchor Books, Garden City
Bernal DD (2002) Critical race theory, latino critical theory, and critical race-gendered epistemologies: recognising students of color as holders and creators of knowledge. Qual Inq
9(1):105–126
Beyer AC (2015) Insights from para-psychology for international relations. Peace Rev 27(4):484–
491
Blyth M (2013) Paradigms and paradox: the politics of economic ideas in two moments of crisis.
Gov Int J Policy, Adm Inst 26(2):197–215
Bosch AWM (2019) Regarding visuality: understanding apartheid photography as a tool for
resistance through the visual turn in IR. Unpublished Master of Arts Thesis, Department of
International Relations, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Braun K, Kropp C (2010) Beyond speaking truth? Institutional responses to uncertainty in scientific
governance. Sci Technol Human Values 35(6):771–782
Brittain V (1988) Hidden lives, hidden deaths: South Africa’s crippling of a continent. Faber and
Faber, London
Bryman A (2006) Of methods and methodology. Qual Res Organ Manag Int J 3(2):159–168