Nine Insiders within? The third sector and policy analysis in Israel
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Hagai Katz
Abstract
The Israeli Third Sector is particularly large and salient within its national context. Yet, despite The sector’s pivotal role in policy making and implementation in various policy realms, this important collective actor was ignored until recently in formal policy analysis and making in Israel. This chapter examines the Third Sector as a target and a participant in policy analysis processes. The main argument is that since 1999 there has been a change in policy analysis and making towards the Third Sector, which was initiated by Academia and Third Sector policy entrepreneurs, and was only partially adopted by government. In this process, intricate relations and tensions between “insiders” and “outsiders” exist. Academics and some Third Sector actors are clearly outsiders, and are treated like such. Other Third Sector actors, such as the quasi-NGO Zionist institutions and philanthropic foundations, are more deeply institutionalized in the policy networks, and can be defined as outsiders-within.
Abstract
The Israeli Third Sector is particularly large and salient within its national context. Yet, despite The sector’s pivotal role in policy making and implementation in various policy realms, this important collective actor was ignored until recently in formal policy analysis and making in Israel. This chapter examines the Third Sector as a target and a participant in policy analysis processes. The main argument is that since 1999 there has been a change in policy analysis and making towards the Third Sector, which was initiated by Academia and Third Sector policy entrepreneurs, and was only partially adopted by government. In this process, intricate relations and tensions between “insiders” and “outsiders” exist. Academics and some Third Sector actors are clearly outsiders, and are treated like such. Other Third Sector actors, such as the quasi-NGO Zionist institutions and philanthropic foundations, are more deeply institutionalized in the policy networks, and can be defined as outsiders-within.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on the contributors viii
- Lessons from Israel’s experience xi
- Policy analysis in Israel: a late developer’s story 1
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The styles and methods of public policy analysis in Israel
- Policy analysis under intense pressures 21
- Policy analysis evolution in Israel: building administrative capabilities 37
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Policy analysis by the executive and the legislature
- Policy analysis in Israel’s central government: latest developments and challenges ahead 55
- Local government and the challenge of policy analysis 71
- Policy analysis and the legislature 93
- The making of disability policy in Israel: ad hoc advisory expert panels 109
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Policy analysis in specific government units
- Policy analysis in the treasury: how does the Israeli Ministry of Finance arrive at a policy decision? 123
- Policy analysis at the Bank of Israel 141
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Policy analysis from the outside
- Insiders within? The third sector and policy analysis in Israel 155
- Policy analysis education in graduate programmes in Israel 171
- Index 197
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Notes on the contributors viii
- Lessons from Israel’s experience xi
- Policy analysis in Israel: a late developer’s story 1
-
The styles and methods of public policy analysis in Israel
- Policy analysis under intense pressures 21
- Policy analysis evolution in Israel: building administrative capabilities 37
-
Policy analysis by the executive and the legislature
- Policy analysis in Israel’s central government: latest developments and challenges ahead 55
- Local government and the challenge of policy analysis 71
- Policy analysis and the legislature 93
- The making of disability policy in Israel: ad hoc advisory expert panels 109
-
Policy analysis in specific government units
- Policy analysis in the treasury: how does the Israeli Ministry of Finance arrive at a policy decision? 123
- Policy analysis at the Bank of Israel 141
-
Policy analysis from the outside
- Insiders within? The third sector and policy analysis in Israel 155
- Policy analysis education in graduate programmes in Israel 171
- Index 197
