In the first systematic study of policy analysis activities in Spain, scholars of politics and economics survey how policy actors-politicians, think tanks, researchers, interest groups, and experts-generate information for the policy-making process. They cover examining the policy analysis context; policy analysis by governments; policy analysis beyond the executive in the public sphere; and policy analysis by parties, interest groups, and other actors. Specific topics include policy analysis and policy evaluation as a profession, policy analysis in central government: still in its infancy, parliamentary committees as policy analysis institutions, policy analysis at university and research centers, and business associations and policy analysis. Distributed in the US by Ingram Academic Services. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This book is the first systematic study of policy analysis activities in Spain. It provides a comprehensive overview of how policy actors, including politicians, think tanks, researchers, interest groups and experts, generate information for the policy-making process. The book explores how executive and legislative actors participate in the production of policy analysis and how all actors elaborate and disseminate information on policy analysis. Contributors consider the ways different policy actors are involved in the production of data and information about policy problems, the resources used to produce policy analysis and the type of analysis produced over time in different policy areas.
1. Policy Analysis in Spain: Actors and Institutions
Laura Chaqués-Bonafont, Jacint Jordana
Part One: Examining the Policy Analysis Context
2. Historical Forerunners in Spanish Policy Analysis
Albert Carreras, Anna Maria Aubanell-Jubany
3. Policy Analysis and Policy Evaluation as a Profession
Verónica Viñas
Part Two: Policy Analysis by Governments
4. Policy Analysis in Central Government: Still in Its Infancy
Salvador Parrado
5. Policy Analysis and Regional Governments
Andrea Noferini, David Sancho
6. Policy Analysis in Local Government: Objects, Perspectives, and Actors
Esther Pano, Lluís Medir, Jaume Magre
7. Domestic Policy Analysis by International Actors
Oriol Costa, Marga León
Part Three: Policy Analysis Beyond Executive in the Public Sphere
8. Parliamentary Committees As Policy Analysis Institutions
Anna M. Palau, Andreu Rodilla
9. Policy Analysis and Public Opinion
Laura Chaqués-Bonafont, Mónica Méndez, Yeimy Ospina
10. Advisory Bodies and Participatory Processes
Joan Font, Pau Alarcón
11. Policy Analysis at Universities and Research Centres
Ivan Cerrillo, Jacint Jordana
Part Four: Policy Analysis by Parties, Interest Groups, and Other Actors
12. Political Parties and Policy Analysis
Oscar Barberà, Juan Rodríguez-Teruel, Fernando Casal
13. Trade Unions, Policy Analysis, and the Policy Process
Oscar Molina, Alejandro Godino
14. Business Associations and Policy Analysis
Ivan Medina
15. NGOs As Policy Analysis Partners: From Invisibility to Expansion
Luz Muñoz Márquez, Noemí Orué Guerrero
16. Think Tanks and Policy Analysis
Laura Chaqués-Bonafont is Professor of Political Science at the University of Barcelona, and Research Fellow at Institut Barcelona dEstudis Internacionals (IBEI).
Jacint Jordana is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Director of the Institut Barcelona dEstudis Internacionals (IBEI).
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