1 Valuing Metaphor: A Constructivist Account of Reflexive Governance in Policy Networks Kathleen McNutt Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2 Canada kathy.mcnutt@uregina.ca and Jeremy Rayner Department of Political Science University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2 Canada jeremy.rayner@uregina.ca Prepared for the 5 th International Conference on Interpretive Policy Analysis, SciencesPo, Grenoble, June 23-25, 2010