Table of Contents

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;