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1 online resource (312 pages). |
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| Series |
International Library of Policy Analysis
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International library of policy analysis.
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| Contents |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Note |
Opportunities and limits of policy advice from the perspective of organisational sociology and political theory. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Policy sciences -- Germany.
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Policy sciences. |
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Germany. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schubert, Klaus.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blum, Sonja. Policy analysis in Germany. Bristol : Policy Press, ©2013 9781447306252 |
| ISBN |
9781447306269 |
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1447306260 |
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9781447310983 (ebook) |
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1447310985 (ebook) |
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9781447306252 |
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1447306252 |
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9781447306252 |
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