Description:
This book is the first systematic study of policy analysis activities in Spain.
It provides a comprehensive overview of how policy actors, including politicians, think tanks, researchers, interest groups and experts, generate information for the policy-making process. The book explores how executive and legislative actors participate in the production of policy analysis and how all actors elaborate and disseminate information on policy analysis.
Contributors consider the ways different policy actors are involved in the production of data and information about policy problems, the resources used to produce policy analysis and the type of analysis produced over time in different policy areas.
Brief description: Laura Chaqués-Bonafont is Professor of Political Science at the University of Barcelona and Research Fellow at Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain.
Review Quotes:
"This book provides an unprecedented contribution to the study of policy analysis in Spain. It is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the challenges of policy-making in a multi-level governance context." Charlotte Halpern, Sciences Po, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics
"An all-star cast of experts provide a much-needed overview of the most important elements of how policy analysis is organised in Spain. This book will interest anyone who wants to understand why Spanish governments do what they do." Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill