NINE Policy analysis and public opinion
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Laura Chaqués-Bonafont
Abstract
This chapter explains public opinion survey data in Spain. It provides an overview of the extent to which public opinion data is available, and how public institutions –mainly the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) – conduct public opinion surveys. The analysis relies on a novel dataset containing all the surveys carried out from 1978 to 2018 by CIS, the leading public opinion data producer in Spain. The analysis illustrates that public opinion surveys increasingly provide information about citizens’ ideas, beliefs, preferences, and values about policies instead of politics, with significant differences across policy areas. Also, results illustrate that most surveys cover Spain’s whole territory, but sample sizes are not large enough to allow for a comparison across regions, with some exceptions. Finally, most surveys define the target population as Spanish citizens, leaving aside more than 12 per cent of the population living in Spain.
Abstract
This chapter explains public opinion survey data in Spain. It provides an overview of the extent to which public opinion data is available, and how public institutions –mainly the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) – conduct public opinion surveys. The analysis relies on a novel dataset containing all the surveys carried out from 1978 to 2018 by CIS, the leading public opinion data producer in Spain. The analysis illustrates that public opinion surveys increasingly provide information about citizens’ ideas, beliefs, preferences, and values about policies instead of politics, with significant differences across policy areas. Also, results illustrate that most surveys cover Spain’s whole territory, but sample sizes are not large enough to allow for a comparison across regions, with some exceptions. Finally, most surveys define the target population as Spanish citizens, leaving aside more than 12 per cent of the population living in Spain.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Editors’ introduction to the series xvi
- Foreword xviii
- Policy analysis in Spain: actors and institutions 1
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Examining the policy analysis context
- Historical forerunners in Spanish policy analysis 21
- Policy analysis and policy evaluation as a profession 46
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Policy analysis by governments
- Policy analysis in central government: still in its infancy 67
- Policy analysis and regional governments 83
- Policy analysis in local government: objects, perspectives, and actors 102
- Domestic policy analysis by international actors 124
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Policy analysis beyond executive in the public sphere
- Parliamentary committees as policy analysis institutions 141
- Policy analysis and public opinion 165
- Participatory institutions and advisory councils 186
- Policy analysis at universities and research centres 203
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Policy analysis by parties, interest groups, and other actors
- Political parties and policy analysis 225
- Trade unions, policy analysis, and the policy process 246
- Business associations and policy analysis 265
- NGOs as policy analysis partners: from invisibility to expansion 283
- Think tanks and policy analysis 303
- Index 327
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Editors’ introduction to the series xvi
- Foreword xviii
- Policy analysis in Spain: actors and institutions 1
-
Examining the policy analysis context
- Historical forerunners in Spanish policy analysis 21
- Policy analysis and policy evaluation as a profession 46
-
Policy analysis by governments
- Policy analysis in central government: still in its infancy 67
- Policy analysis and regional governments 83
- Policy analysis in local government: objects, perspectives, and actors 102
- Domestic policy analysis by international actors 124
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Policy analysis beyond executive in the public sphere
- Parliamentary committees as policy analysis institutions 141
- Policy analysis and public opinion 165
- Participatory institutions and advisory councils 186
- Policy analysis at universities and research centres 203
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Policy analysis by parties, interest groups, and other actors
- Political parties and policy analysis 225
- Trade unions, policy analysis, and the policy process 246
- Business associations and policy analysis 265
- NGOs as policy analysis partners: from invisibility to expansion 283
- Think tanks and policy analysis 303
- Index 327
