Policy Analysis in France / / ed. by Charlotte Halpern, Patrick Hassenteufel, Philippe Zittoun.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Argibay, Camilo,; Benamouzig, Daniel,; Biland, Emilie,; Blatrix, Cécile,; Boussaguet, Laurie,; Béroud, Sophie,; Cos, Rafaël,; Courty, Guillaume,; Douillet, Anne-Cécile,; Dupuy, Claire,; Duran, Patrice,; Faure, Alain,; Gally, Natacha,; Galès, Patrick Le,; Gervais, Julie,; Geva-May, Iris,; Gourgues, Guillaume,; Halpern, Charlotte,; Hamelin, Fabrice,; Hassenteufel, Patrick,; Hauchecorne, Mathieu,; Howlett, Michael,; Lebaron, Frédéric,; Milet, Marc,; Négrier, Emmanuel,; Payre, Renaud,; Penissat, Etienne,; Pernot, Jean-Marie,; Pierru, Frédéric,; Pollet, Gilles,; Rozenberg, Olivier,; Smith, Andy,; Surel, Yves,; Zittoun, Philippe,; de Maillard, Jacques,
• HerausgeberIn: Halpern, Charlotte,; Hassenteufel, Patrick,; Zittoun, Philippe,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: International Library of Policy Analysis
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Policy analysis in France lays the foundation for a more systematic understanding of policy analysis in the country. In doing so, the volume discusses the role of the State and its restructuring, processes of government and governance, and State-Society relationships and policies as both a process a...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• Notes on contributors
• Editors’ introduction to the series
• Policy analysis in France: introduction
• The styles and methods of public policy analysis
• On the path to public policy analysis: an ‘administrative science’ between reform and academy
• The emergence of modern policy analysis in France
• Recent developments within French policy studies
• Methods of French policy studies
• Policy analysis by governments
• Civil servants and policy analysis in central government
• Policy analysis in French local government
• Beyond weakness: policy analysis in the French parliament
• Committees, public inquiries, and consultants
• Public inquiries, committees
• Management consultants as policy actors
• Parties, interest groups, research institutes and think tanks
• The field of state expertise
• Political parties and think tanks: policy analysis oriented toward office-seeking
• Economic interest groups and policy analysis in France
• NGOs, civil society and policy analysis: from mutual disinterest to reciprocal investment
• Trade union expertise in public policy
• Academic policy analysis
• Economics and policy analysis: ‘from state to market’?
• The academic world of French policy studies: training, teaching and researching
• Public policy analysis in France: from public action to political power
• Index