Preface

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vii
4. Notes on contributors ix
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction: history, problems, and theories of policy analysis in Argentina 1
7. The theories, styles, and methods of policy analysis
8. Public policies in complex societies: Argentina, a case of a cyclical society 21
9. Policy analysis as a profession: the interaction between knowledge production and policy making 41
10. The styles of policy analysis in Argentina: analytical frameworks in debate 56
11. Prospective policy analysis: its development and application for Argentina 74
12. Policy analysis by governments
13. Policy analysis by the federal government: the contribution of the National Institute of Public Administration 91
14. Policy analysis in the bureaucracy: the production of knowledge for professional public management training 105
15. Policy analysis at the subnational level: an exploration of a collaborative governance model 119
16. Policy analysis in Argentine local governments: a growing, heterogeneous, and controversial field of study 133
17. Policy analysis at different levels of government: the managerial skills in leaders of policy networks in Argentina 151
18. Internal policy advisory councils, consultants, and committees
19. Government Administrators Corps in Argentina: a transformative initiative of internal consultants for public administration 173
20. The Argentine Congress as an environment for public policy formulation: an analysis of its technical areas 187
21. Policy analysis by national government advisory councils: knowledge production and its role in policy design and implementation 199
22. Parties, private research centers, and interest group-based policy analysis
23. Policy analysis in professional organizations: the contribution of the Argentine Association of Public Administration Studies 217
24. Policy analysis by parties: political cadres formation and training for the public management in Argentina 230
25. Democratic governance and the role of think tanks in the public policy cycle in Argentina 242
26. Policy analysis in private research centers: the Center for the Study of State and Society and its production on state and public policies in Argentina 259
27. Academics, teaching, and policy analysis in universities
28. Academic policy analysis: the development of production in public administration and policy studies in Argentina (2001–2019) 279
29. Emergence and development of public policies training tracks in Argentine universities 297
30. Postgraduate university training in public administration, management, and public policy in Argentina: structure and distribution in the period 1990–2017 311
31. Policy analysis at the universities: teaching comparative public administration with a Latin American perspective 328
32. Index 356