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Perspectives on Policy Analysis: A Framework for Understanding and Design

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Public Policy Analysis

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As made clear by the discussion in Chap. 2, policy analysis is a multifaceted field in which a variety of different activities and ambitions have found a place. Some policy analysts conduct quantitative or qualitative research, while others reconstruct and analyze political discourse or set up citizen fora.

Significant parts of this chapter were previously published as: Mayer et al. (2004). The material has been reused with permission of the copyright owner.

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  1. Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, P.O.Box 5015, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands

    Igor S. Mayer, C. Els van Daalen & Pieter W. G. Bots

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Mayer, I.S., van Daalen, C.E., Bots, P.W.G. (2013). Perspectives on Policy Analysis: A Framework for Understanding and Design. In: Thissen, W., Walker, W. (eds) Public Policy Analysis. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 179. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4602-6_3

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