Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vii
4. Notes on contributors ix
5. Editors’ introduction to the series xvi
6. Foreword xviii
7. Policy analysis in Spain: actors and institutions 1
8. Examining the policy analysis context
9. Historical forerunners in Spanish policy analysis 21
10. Policy analysis and policy evaluation as a profession 46
11. Policy analysis by governments
12. Policy analysis in central government: still in its infancy 67
13. Policy analysis and regional governments 83
14. Policy analysis in local government: objects, perspectives, and actors 102
15. Domestic policy analysis by international actors 124
16. Policy analysis beyond executive in the public sphere
17. Parliamentary committees as policy analysis institutions 141
18. Policy analysis and public opinion 165
19. Participatory institutions and advisory councils 186
20. Policy analysis at universities and research centres 203
21. Policy analysis by parties, interest groups, and other actors
22. Political parties and policy analysis 225
23. Trade unions, policy analysis, and the policy process 246
24. Business associations and policy analysis 265
25. NGOs as policy analysis partners: from invisibility to expansion 283
26. Think tanks and policy analysis 303
27. Index 327