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Fourteen Policy analysis instruction in Belgium

  • Marleen Brans , David Aubin und Silke Ruebens
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Policy Analysis in Belgium
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Abstract

Both academic and applied policy analysis are relatively young disciplines that have found their way into academic curricula of universities only towards the end of the previous century. This is surprising given that policy analytical models were disseminated in Belgium already in the late 1960s, as was the case in the Netherlands. While this sparked the policy analysis movement in the Dutch government and academia, policy analysis instruction in Belgium remained subsequently underdeveloped, and policy analytical knowledge was taught in a fragmented fashion. The concept of the policy cycle was for instance taught under general courses on political science, or as a section in a course on public administration. Other policy analytical knowledge appeared under public management courses, or substantive policy courses such as social policy, socio-economic policy, and urban planning. On the basis of document analysis (including the regional accreditation reports), the chapter seeks to explain the development of policy analysis instruction from a fragmented into a more autonomous discipline. Next to this, the chapter analyses two more questions: whether official professional training curricula have also come to embrace policy analytical knowledge, and whether divergences in policy analysis instruction across the language border reflect different practices in government

Abstract

Both academic and applied policy analysis are relatively young disciplines that have found their way into academic curricula of universities only towards the end of the previous century. This is surprising given that policy analytical models were disseminated in Belgium already in the late 1960s, as was the case in the Netherlands. While this sparked the policy analysis movement in the Dutch government and academia, policy analysis instruction in Belgium remained subsequently underdeveloped, and policy analytical knowledge was taught in a fragmented fashion. The concept of the policy cycle was for instance taught under general courses on political science, or as a section in a course on public administration. Other policy analytical knowledge appeared under public management courses, or substantive policy courses such as social policy, socio-economic policy, and urban planning. On the basis of document analysis (including the regional accreditation reports), the chapter seeks to explain the development of policy analysis instruction from a fragmented into a more autonomous discipline. Next to this, the chapter analyses two more questions: whether official professional training curricula have also come to embrace policy analytical knowledge, and whether divergences in policy analysis instruction across the language border reflect different practices in government

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of tables and figures vii
  4. List of abbreviations ix
  5. Notes on contributors xiii
  6. Acknowledgements xx
  7. Editors’ introduction to the series xxi
  8. Introduction: policy analysis in Belgium – tradition, comparative features and trends 1
  9. Policy styles and methods in Belgium
  10. The policy-analytical profession in Belgium 13
  11. Analytical techniques in Belgian policy analysis 35
  12. Political control and bureaucratic expertise: policy analysis by ministerial cabinet members 57
  13. Policy analysis in the government and legislature
  14. Policy analysis in the central and regional governments 81
  15. Local planning in Belgium: A myriad of policy styles? 107
  16. 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
  17. Policy advisory bodies in Belgium 151
  18. Policy analysis by political parties and interest groups
  19. Ideas as close as possible to power: Belgian political parties and their study centres 173
  20. Interest groups and policy analysis in Belgium: examining the policy-analytical capacities and practices of prominent citizen and economic groups 193
  21. Policy analysis and the public
  22. Public consultation and participation in Belgium: directly engaging citizens beyond the ballot box? 215
  23. The role of news media in the policy process in Belgium 235
  24. Policy analysis by advocates and academics
  25. Thinking in splendid isolation? The organisation and policy engagement of think tanks in Belgium 257
  26. Policy analysis by academics 275
  27. Policy analysis instruction in Belgium 295
  28. Index 311
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447317265-020

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of tables and figures vii
  4. List of abbreviations ix
  5. Notes on contributors xiii
  6. Acknowledgements xx
  7. Editors’ introduction to the series xxi
  8. Introduction: policy analysis in Belgium – tradition, comparative features and trends 1
  9. Policy styles and methods in Belgium
  10. The policy-analytical profession in Belgium 13
  11. Analytical techniques in Belgian policy analysis 35
  12. Political control and bureaucratic expertise: policy analysis by ministerial cabinet members 57
  13. Policy analysis in the government and legislature
  14. Policy analysis in the central and regional governments 81
  15. Local planning in Belgium: A myriad of policy styles? 107
  16. 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
  17. Policy advisory bodies in Belgium 151
  18. Policy analysis by political parties and interest groups
  19. Ideas as close as possible to power: Belgian political parties and their study centres 173
  20. Interest groups and policy analysis in Belgium: examining the policy-analytical capacities and practices of prominent citizen and economic groups 193
  21. Policy analysis and the public
  22. Public consultation and participation in Belgium: directly engaging citizens beyond the ballot box? 215
  23. The role of news media in the policy process in Belgium 235
  24. Policy analysis by advocates and academics
  25. Thinking in splendid isolation? The organisation and policy engagement of think tanks in Belgium 257
  26. Policy analysis by academics 275
  27. Policy analysis instruction in Belgium 295
  28. Index 311
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