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.

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This expert-led review of policy analysis in Spain is the first systematic study to provide a comprehensive overview of how policy actors generate information for the policy-making process.

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

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This is the first systematic overview of policy analysis activities in Spain which explains how policy actors analyse existing policies and develop policy proposals to address new issues;

It explores the approaches of actors including central, regional and municipal governments, politicians, think tanks, universities, researchers, interest groups and experts;

It highlights the challenges for the future development of policy analysis in different spheres and situates Spain comparatively.

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781447353744
Publisert
2022-04-29
Utgiver
Bristol University Press
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Biografisk notat

Laura Chaqués-Bonafont is Professor of Political Science at the University of Barcelona, and Research Fellow at Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI).

Jacint Jordana is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Director of the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI).