Five Local planning in Belgium: A myriad of policy styles?
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Ellen Wayenberg
Abstract
This chapter seeks to analyse an often-unexplored policy level: the Belgian Municipalities. What is the state of policy analysis in Belgian municipalities? Which instruments and styles do local policy-makers adopt to deal with the complex choices they have to make? What are the interactions with the other policy levels? To tackle these three questions, this chapter provides an analysis of Belgium’s two main Regions, Flanders and Wallonia, that offers a theoretical overview of the policy styles and instruments available in both Regions. On this basis, two case studies are undertaken to empirically uncover the policy analysis practices at the local level. This study gives insights about how Belgian municipalities deal with their increasingly more complex missions of policy-making.
Abstract
This chapter seeks to analyse an often-unexplored policy level: the Belgian Municipalities. What is the state of policy analysis in Belgian municipalities? Which instruments and styles do local policy-makers adopt to deal with the complex choices they have to make? What are the interactions with the other policy levels? To tackle these three questions, this chapter provides an analysis of Belgium’s two main Regions, Flanders and Wallonia, that offers a theoretical overview of the policy styles and instruments available in both Regions. On this basis, two case studies are undertaken to empirically uncover the policy analysis practices at the local level. This study gives insights about how Belgian municipalities deal with their increasingly more complex missions of policy-making.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- List of abbreviations ix
- Notes on contributors xiii
- Acknowledgements xx
- Editors’ introduction to the series xxi
- Introduction: policy analysis in Belgium – tradition, comparative features and trends 1
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Policy styles and methods in Belgium
- The policy-analytical profession in Belgium 13
- Analytical techniques in Belgian policy analysis 35
- Political control and bureaucratic expertise: policy analysis by ministerial cabinet members 57
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Policy analysis in the government and legislature
- Policy analysis in the central and regional governments 81
- Local planning in Belgium: A myriad of policy styles? 107
- 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 129
- Policy advisory bodies in Belgium 151
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Policy analysis by political parties and interest groups
- Ideas as close as possible to power: Belgian political parties and their study centres 173
- Interest groups and policy analysis in Belgium: examining the policy-analytical capacities and practices of prominent citizen and economic groups 193
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Policy analysis and the public
- Public consultation and participation in Belgium: directly engaging citizens beyond the ballot box? 215
- The role of news media in the policy process in Belgium 235
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Policy analysis by advocates and academics
- Thinking in splendid isolation? The organisation and policy engagement of think tanks in Belgium 257
- Policy analysis by academics 275
- Policy analysis instruction in Belgium 295
- Index 311
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vii
- List of abbreviations ix
- Notes on contributors xiii
- Acknowledgements xx
- Editors’ introduction to the series xxi
- Introduction: policy analysis in Belgium – tradition, comparative features and trends 1
-
Policy styles and methods in Belgium
- The policy-analytical profession in Belgium 13
- Analytical techniques in Belgian policy analysis 35
- Political control and bureaucratic expertise: policy analysis by ministerial cabinet members 57
-
Policy analysis in the government and legislature
- Policy analysis in the central and regional governments 81
- Local planning in Belgium: A myriad of policy styles? 107
- 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 129
- Policy advisory bodies in Belgium 151
-
Policy analysis by political parties and interest groups
- Ideas as close as possible to power: Belgian political parties and their study centres 173
- Interest groups and policy analysis in Belgium: examining the policy-analytical capacities and practices of prominent citizen and economic groups 193
-
Policy analysis and the public
- Public consultation and participation in Belgium: directly engaging citizens beyond the ballot box? 215
- The role of news media in the policy process in Belgium 235
-
Policy analysis by advocates and academics
- Thinking in splendid isolation? The organisation and policy engagement of think tanks in Belgium 257
- Policy analysis by academics 275
- Policy analysis instruction in Belgium 295
- Index 311