Three Development of Czech policy analysis: social and political factors
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Vilém Novotný
Abstract
This chapter deals with the development of policy analysis as science-based policy-related advising in the Czech Republic and the former Czechoslovakia. It conceptualizes its historical overview in three evolutionary periods as a development from science-based policy-related knowledge (till the 1945-48) over professional policy-related working activities during the communist regime (till 1989) to the establishment of a specific academic (sub)discipline dealing with policy problem-solving after the Velvet revolution. Our description and explanation is based on the theoretical supply-demand model (deLeon, 1988; Trent and Stein, 2000) where we emphasize the demand side concerning the social and political factors influencing the development of Czech policy analysis.
Abstract
This chapter deals with the development of policy analysis as science-based policy-related advising in the Czech Republic and the former Czechoslovakia. It conceptualizes its historical overview in three evolutionary periods as a development from science-based policy-related knowledge (till the 1945-48) over professional policy-related working activities during the communist regime (till 1989) to the establishment of a specific academic (sub)discipline dealing with policy problem-solving after the Velvet revolution. Our description and explanation is based on the theoretical supply-demand model (deLeon, 1988; Trent and Stein, 2000) where we emphasize the demand side concerning the social and political factors influencing the development of Czech policy analysis.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes viii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xv
- Policy analysis in the Czech Republic: the state of the art 1
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The styles and methods of public policy analysis in the Czech Republic
- Public policy in the Czech Republic: historical development and its current state 17
- Development of Czech policy analysis: social and political factors 35
- Policy analysis styles and methods 53
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Policy analysis by governments
- Policy analysis in the Czech Republic and the influence of supranational organisations 71
- Europeanised policy making in the Czech Republic and its limits 91
- Policy analysis and policy work in the central public administration 107
- Policy analysis in subnational governments 125
- Policy work at the local level 139
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Internal policy advisory councils, consultants, and public opinion
- Policy advisory councils: governmental and departmental advisory bodies 157
- Public opinion and public policy in the Czech Republic 177
- Policy analysis outsourcing 203
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Parties and interest group-based policy analysis
- Czech political parties and policy analysis in the perspective of policy advisory systems 217
- Policy analysis and the voluntary sector 237
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Academic and advocacy-based policy analysis
- The news media and decision making 259
- Think tanks and policy discourses 273
- Science policy implications for policy knowledge generated in academia 291
- Czech public policy programmes and policy analysis education 303
- Conclusions: the present and future of policy analysis in the Czech Republic 323
- Index 331
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes viii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xv
- Policy analysis in the Czech Republic: the state of the art 1
-
The styles and methods of public policy analysis in the Czech Republic
- Public policy in the Czech Republic: historical development and its current state 17
- Development of Czech policy analysis: social and political factors 35
- Policy analysis styles and methods 53
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Policy analysis by governments
- Policy analysis in the Czech Republic and the influence of supranational organisations 71
- Europeanised policy making in the Czech Republic and its limits 91
- Policy analysis and policy work in the central public administration 107
- Policy analysis in subnational governments 125
- Policy work at the local level 139
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Internal policy advisory councils, consultants, and public opinion
- Policy advisory councils: governmental and departmental advisory bodies 157
- Public opinion and public policy in the Czech Republic 177
- Policy analysis outsourcing 203
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Parties and interest group-based policy analysis
- Czech political parties and policy analysis in the perspective of policy advisory systems 217
- Policy analysis and the voluntary sector 237
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Academic and advocacy-based policy analysis
- The news media and decision making 259
- Think tanks and policy discourses 273
- Science policy implications for policy knowledge generated in academia 291
- Czech public policy programmes and policy analysis education 303
- Conclusions: the present and future of policy analysis in the Czech Republic 323
- Index 331
