Policy analysis in Germany.

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Policy analysis in Germany; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Notes on contributors; 1. Policy analysis in Germany: past, present and future of the discipline; The past: policy analysis as a discipline in Germany; The present: exemplary findings; The future: German policy analysis on its way towards further professionalisation; 2. Historical forerunners of policy analysis in Germany; Introduction; The discovery of policy and the heritage of Aristotle; 'Reason of state' and 'sovereignty' as new concepts in political theory.

The special German development of a Polizei-Staat (police state)Conclusion; 3. The development of policy analysis in Germany: practical problems and theoretical concepts; Introduction; Policy: the missing concept; Planning and the organisation of government; Comparative policy analysis; Implementation and policy instruments; Policy fields and networks; Arguments and ideas; Institutions and governance; Conclusion; 4. Professionalisation of policy analysis in Germany: on the way or faraway?; Introduction; Academic and applied policy analysis.

Professionalisation of academic and applied policy analysisConclusion; 5. Methods and study types in German policy analysis; Introduction; Analysis of single cases; Comparative case studies; Qualitative comparative analysis; Macro-quantitative comparisons; Policy network analysis; Conclusion and outlook; 6. Policy analysis in the German-speaking countries: common traditions, different cultures, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Introduction; Shared traditions; Policy analysis in Germany; Policy analysis in Austria; Policy analysis in Switzerland; Conclusion.

7. Federal government: permanent in-house capacities -- life within the 'apparatus'Introduction; Reform policy, planning and political administrative capacities: a short history since the mid-1960s; Institutional basis of federal policy-making; Strengths and weaknesses: policy-making in the information society; 8. Statist policy advice: policy analysis in the German Länder; Agenda-setting and policy analysis under institutional restrictions; Decision-making processes; Policy instruments; Policy innovation; Conclusion.

9. Local policy processes: economisation, professionalisation, democratisationLocal policy processes: a complex institutional framework1; Between consociational and competitive democracy; Trends and constraints; Summary and perspectives; 10. Federal government in Germany: temporary, issue-related policy advice; Introduction: increasing policy advice in Germany; Background: developments and debates on policy advice in Germany; Bündnis für Arbeit2 and think tanks as components of the Berliner Räterepublik.

Opportunities and limits of policy advice from the perspective of organisational sociology and political theory.

This comprehensive study, part of the International Library of Policy Analysis, brings together for the first time a systemic overview of policy analysis activities in Germany, written by leading experts in the field.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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