TEN Participatory institutions and advisory councils
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Joan Font
Abstract
Spain has been no exception to the international trend to creating participatory institutions. The chapter analyses them, paying special attention to the most common ones (advisory councils) and covering the local, regional and national levels.
In the first section we provide a general overview of the reality of participatory institutions in Spain, placing more emphasis on the local level and paying special attention to their impact in the policy process. The second section focuses on advisory councils using materials from a recent mapping of these institutions at the national, regional and local levels.
Policy impact has mostly occurred at the local level, being quite diverse in the different regions and quite minor at the national level. This impact has been further limited because they have normally addressed quite minor decisions, and politicians have cherry-picked ideas, implementing mostly those that were more in accordance with their own priorities.
Abstract
Spain has been no exception to the international trend to creating participatory institutions. The chapter analyses them, paying special attention to the most common ones (advisory councils) and covering the local, regional and national levels.
In the first section we provide a general overview of the reality of participatory institutions in Spain, placing more emphasis on the local level and paying special attention to their impact in the policy process. The second section focuses on advisory councils using materials from a recent mapping of these institutions at the national, regional and local levels.
Policy impact has mostly occurred at the local level, being quite diverse in the different regions and quite minor at the national level. This impact has been further limited because they have normally addressed quite minor decisions, and politicians have cherry-picked ideas, implementing mostly those that were more in accordance with their own priorities.
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
-
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
