Policy Analysis in the Netherlands

One: Policy analysis in the Netherlands: an introduction ~ Frans van Nispen and Peter Scholten;


Part One: Policy styles and modes of policy analysis;


Two: Policy analysis in practice: reinterpreting the quest for evidence-based policy ~ Mark van Twist, Rien Rouw and Martijn van der Steen;


Three: Policy analysis in networks: the battle of analysis and the potentials of joint fact-finding ~ Arwin van Buuren and Joop Koppenjan;


Four: Patterns of science-policy interaction ~ Robert Hoppe;


Five: Interpretive policy analysis in the Netherlands ~ Severine van Bommel, Merlijn van Hulst and Dvora Yanow;


Part Two: Policy analysis in government;


Six: Policy analysis and evaluation in national government ~ Frans van Nispen;


Seven: Policy analysis at the local government level ~ Frank Hilterman and Henk Klaassen;


Eight: Policy analysis and performance audit at the 'highest level': looking for evidence and responsiveness ~ Peter van der Knaap;


Part Three: Advisory boards, consultancy firms, research institutes and think tanks;


Nine: Advisory boards and planning bureaus ~ Peter Scholten and Frans van Nispen;


Ten: The Dutch policy research industry ~ Peter van Hoesel;


Part Four: Policy analysis in politics and by interest groups in society;


Eleven: Policy analysis in the Dutch Parliament ~ Karin Zaal;


Twelve: Policy analysis and political party think tanks ~ Arco Timmermans, Edwin van Rooyen and Gerrit Voerman;


Thirteen: Policy analysis by negotiation: trade unions, employers' organisations and the Social and Economic Council ~ Menno Fenger and Pierre Koning;


Part Five: Policy analysis in the academic world;


Fourteen: Policy analysis as instruction ~ Wil Thissen;


Fifteen: Contested knowledge in theory-driven policy analysis: setting the Dutch stage ~ Victor Bekkers;


Part Six: Conclusion;


Sixteen Institutionalisation and performance of policy analysis and evaluation in the Netherlands ~ Peter Scholten and Frans van Nispen;