Policy Analysis in Belgium / / ed. by Marleen Brans, David Aubin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Aubin, David,; Biard, Benjamin,; Bossens, Nele,; Brans, Marleen,; De Peuter, Bart,; De Winter, Lieven,; Fallon, Catherine,; Fobé, Ellen,; Fraussen, Bert,; Geva-May, Iris,; Gouglas, Athanassios,; Howlett, Michael,; Jacquet, Vincent,; Jaspers, Sylke,; Jean, Maxime Petit,; Keating, Michael,; Kravagna, Marine,; Lawarée, Justin,; Pattyn, Valérie,; Pirlot, Pauline,; Reuchamps, Min,; Rihoux, Benoît,; Ruebens, Silke,; Schiffino, Nathalie,; Sinardet, Dave,; Smet, Valérie,; Van Damme, Jan,; Van Gorp, Baldwin,; Van Hecke, Steven,; Wayenberg, Ellen,; Wilson, Alex,; Wolfs, Wouter,; de Visscher, Christian,
• HerausgeberIn: Aubin, David,; Brans, Marleen,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: International Library of Policy Analysis
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

This unique book presents the first systematic overview of policy analysis activities in Belgium. Contributors from both sides of the Dutch-French language border (from research institutes in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia) use original empirical data, through surveys and interviews with key player...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of tables and figures
• List of abbreviations
• Notes on contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Editors’ introduction to the series
• Introduction: policy analysis in Belgium – tradition, comparative features and trends
• Policy styles and methods in Belgium
• The policy-analytical profession in Belgium
• Analytical techniques in Belgian policy analysis
• Political control and bureaucratic expertise: policy analysis by ministerial cabinet members
• Policy analysis in the government and legislature
• Policy analysis in the central and regional governments
• Local planning in Belgium: A myriad of policy styles?
• Policy analysis in the Belgian legislatures: the marginal role of a structurally weak parliament in a partitocracy with no scientific and political tradition of policy analysis
• Policy advisory bodies in Belgium
• Policy analysis by political parties and interest groups
• Ideas as close as possible to power: Belgian political parties and their study centres
• Interest groups and policy analysis in Belgium: examining the policy-analytical capacities and practices of prominent citizen and economic groups
• Policy analysis and the public
• Public consultation and participation in Belgium: directly engaging citizens beyond the ballot box?
• The role of news media in the policy process in Belgium
• Policy analysis by advocates and academics
• Thinking in splendid isolation? The organisation and policy engagement of think tanks in Belgium
• Policy analysis by academics
• Policy analysis instruction in Belgium
• Index