Contents

pp v-viii

List of figures and tables

pp ix-ix

List of acronyms

pp x-xiii

Notes on contributors

pp xiv-xix

Editors’ introduction to the series

pp xx-xxi

Preface and acknowledgements

pp xxii-xxii

One - Policy analysis in the Netherlands: an introduction

pp 1-14

Part One - Policy styles and modes of policy analysis

pp 15-16

Two - Policy analysis in practice: reinterpreting the quest for evidence-based policy

pp 17-32

Three - Policy analysis in networks: the battle of analysis and the potentials of joint fact-finding

pp 33-48

Four - Patterns of science–policy interaction

pp 49-68

Five - Interpretive policy analysis in the Netherlands

pp 69-86

Part Two - Policy analysis in government

pp 87-88

Six - Policy analysis and evaluation in national government

pp 89-106

Seven - Policy analysis at the local government level

pp 107-120

Eight - Policy analysis and performance audit at the ‘highest level’: looking for evidence and responsiveness

pp 121-136

Part Three - Advisory boards, consultancy firms, research institutes and think tanks

pp 137-138

Nine - Advisory boards and planning bureaus

pp 139-154

Ten - The Dutch policy research industry

pp 155-168

Part Four - Policy analysis in politics and by interest groups in society

pp 169-170

Eleven - Policy analysis in the Dutch Parliament

pp 171-186

Twelve - Policy analysis and political party think tanks

pp 187-202

Thirteen - Policy analysis by negotiation: trade unions, employers’ organisations and the Social and Economic Council

pp 203-214

Part Five - Policy analysis in the academic world

pp 215-216

Fourteen - Policy analysis as instruction

pp 217-230

Fifteen - Contested knowledge in theory-driven policy analysis: setting the Dutch stage

pp 231-246

Part Six - Conclusion

Sixteen - Institutionalisation and performance of policy analysis and evaluation in the Netherlands

pp 247-254

Index

pp 255-263