TY - BOOK AU - Nispen,F.K.M.van AU - Scholten,Peter TI - Policy analysis in the Netherlands T2 - International library of policy analysis SN - 9781447313342 AV - H97 U1 - 320.6 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Bristol PB - The Policy Press KW - Policy sciences KW - Netherlands KW - Sciences de la politique KW - Pays-Bas KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - Government KW - General KW - National KW - Reference KW - Public Policy KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - e-books KW - aat KW - Livres numériques KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; POLICY ANALYSIS IN THE NETHERLANDS; Contents ; List of figures and tables; List of figures; List of tables; List of acronyms; Notes on contributors; Editors' introduction to the series; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Policy analysis in the Netherlands: an introduction; 1.1: Introduction; 1.2: Policy analysis in Dutch academia; 1.3: Policy analysis in the Dutch polity; 1.4: A conceptual map of policy analysis in the Netherlands and beyond; 1.5: Outline of this book; Part One. Styles and modes of policy analysis; 2. Policy analysis in practice: reinterpreting the quest for evidence-based policy2.1: Introduction; 2.2: Theoretical debate on evidence-based policy; 2.3: An empirical perspective: the practical application of knowledge in policy?; 2.4: Conclusion and discussion: towards deliberative evidence-based policy; 3. Policy analysis in networks: the battle of analysis and the potentials of joint fact-finding; 3.1: Introduction; 3.2: Knowledge for governance in complex networks: joint fact-fighting or joint fact-finding?; 3.3: The governance of knowledge production and knowledge use in governance networks3.4: Case analysis: enhancing retention capacity in the Dutch Gouwe Wiericke polder; 3.5: Analysis: distance and co-production, shifting accents; 3.6: Explaining why knowledge and the solutions based upon it did not become authoritative; 3.7: Conclusions: organising co-production and distance in the triangle; 4. Patterns of science-policy interaction; 4.1: Introduction: science-informed or expert policy advice in the Netherlands; 4.2: A minimalist framework of expert policy advice as boundary work; 4.3: Boundary arrangements, organisations and policy politics in expert advice4.4: Political cultures and policy styles in the Dutch advisory infrastructure; 4.5: Changes in the problem and the polity, changes in science-informed policy advice; 5. Interpretive policy analysis in the Netherlands; 5.1: Introduction; 5.2: An interpretive approach to policy research; 5.3: Developing interpretive policy analysis in the Netherlands: a genealogy; 5.4: Main theoretical-analytic focuses of Dutch interpretive policy research; 5.5: Understanding interpretive policy analysis in the Netherlands; Part Two. Policy analysis in government6. Policy analysis and evaluation in national government; 6.1: Introduction; 6.2: The Committee for the Development of Policy Analysis (1970-81); 6.3: The shotgun marriage between policy analysis and public budgeting (Wildavsky, 1969); 6.4: The Reconsideration of Public Expenditures; 6.5: Policy reviews (from 2004 onwards); 6.6: Conclusion; 7. Policy analysis at the local government level; 7.1: Introduction; 7.2: The Dutch political system; 7.3: Rationalisation of public policy at the local level: some institutional aspects N2 - The Netherlands has long been internationally regarded as one of the leading sources of policy analysis and evaluation in Europe. This book, part of the 'International Library of Policy Analysis' series, offers a much-needed overview of developments in policy analysis in both academia and practice at various levels of governance, capturing the diversity of modes of policy analysis that have evolved since the 1970s UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=918204 ER -