Policy field analysis

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The policy analysis (also Policy analysis or policy analysis or policy research ) is a branch of political sociology and comparative politics and at the same time an administration scientific research direction. The term describes that part of political science research that deals analytically with the investigation of specific policy fields on the basis of scientific methods . These policy areas can, for example, have their equivalent in the division of ministries by governments (such as domestic, foreign, security, transport, health and family policy), but also include more specific areas (such as Eastern, Middle Eastern or European policy). In general, when analyzing policy fields, the content (policy) and practical dimensions (politics) of politics move into the focus of research; So above all concrete political impact processes, decision-making processes and results. The purpose of policy field analyzes is the attempt to develop solutions to problems that are made available to politicians as possible normative specifications for a “better policy”.

The policy field analysis asks ...

  1. what political actors do
  2. why they do it
  3. what they ultimately do.

Aspects of policy field analysis: It is ...

  1. content-oriented and multidisciplinary ,
  2. problem-solving-oriented ,
  3. explicitly normatively oriented.

Policy field analysis is an area of policy analysis . The aim of a policy field analysis is to acquire knowledge and knowledge and to pass this on in teaching and in the form of policy advice . The government and administrative reform project group , which was active between 1968 and 1975, made a significant contribution to the establishment of the administrative science associated with policy field analysis in Germany .

Various perspectives on political action are used as part of the policy field analysis. One focus can be on

  • the type of policies (e.g. regulative, distributive, redistributive),
  • Organizational forms of interactions between political actors (e.g. networks, hierarchies, market)
  • Structures and institutions (e.g. parties, ministries, international organizations), (Mayntz / Scharpf 1995),
  • Political instruments (e.g. laws, taxes, subsidies),
  • Use of knowledge in politics (e.g. as a basis for argumentation, for legitimation, for learning about politics)

be placed.

literature

classic

  • Harold Lasswell , Daniel Lerner (Eds.): The policy sciences. Recent developments in scope and method . Stanford University Press, Stanford 1951.
  • Thomas Dye: Policy analysis. What governments do, why they do it, and what difference it makes . University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1976.

Introductions

  • Sonja Blum, Klaus Schubert: Policy field analysis . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-53116-389-5 .
  • Klaus-Peter Saalbach: Introduction to Political Analysis . Dirk Koentopp Verlag, Osnabrück 2009, ISBN 978-3-938342-15-2 .
  • Eugene Bardach: A practical guide for policy analysis. The eightfold path to more effective problem solving . CQ Press, Washington, DC 2005, ISBN 1-568-02923-3 .
  • Frank Fischer: Reframing public policy. Discursive politics and deliberative practices . Oxford University Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-19-924264-X .
  • Winand Gellner, Eva-Maria Hammer: Policy research . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-48658-674-9 .
  • Vincenz Leuschner : Political Friendships. Informal relations in the German Bundestag. Baden-Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3832959647 .
  • Stefan Lange, Dietmar Braun: Political control between system and actor. An introduction . Leske + Budrich Verlag, Opladen 2000, ISBN 3-810-02947-5 .
  • Wayne Parsons: Public policy. An introduction to the theory and practice of policy analysis . Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2003, ISBN 1-85278-553-5 .
  • Wolfgang H. Reinicke: Global public policy. Governing without government? Brookings Inst. Press, Washington, DC 1998, ISBN 0-8157-7389-7 .
  • Klaus Schubert, Nils C. Bandelow (Hrsg.): Textbook of the political field analysis . Verlag Oldenbourg, Munich 2008 (2nd completely revised edition), ISBN 3-486-58892-3 .
  • Davis L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining: Policy analysis. Concepts and practice . Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle, NJ 2005, ISBN 0-13-183001-5 .
  • Volker Schneider, Frank Janning: Policy field analysis: actors, discourses and networks in public politics . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-53114-549-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Theo Stammen: Introduction to Political Science . 7th, through and exp. Ed., Munich 2003, p. 216 f., ISBN 3-406-50495-7 .
  2. ^ Sonja Blum, Klaus Schubert: Political field analysis . Textbook Series: Elements of Politics. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, p. 16 f., ISBN 978-3-531-16389-5 .
  3. ^ Theodore J. Lowi: "Four Systems of Policy, Politics, and Choice." Public Administration Review 32 (4), pp. 298-310.
  4. ^ Wolfgang Streeck, Philippe Schmitter: "Private Interest Government". Sage, London 1985
  5. ^ Renate Mayntz, Fritz Scharpf: "Social self-regulation and political control". Campus, Frankfurt 1995.
  6. ↑ Michael Howlett, M ​​Ramesh: "Policy Instruments, Policy Learning, and Privatization: Theoretical Explanations for Change in Instrument Choice". In: Policy Analysis: Criticism and Reorientation. PVS special issue 24/1993. A. Héritier. Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag: 245-265.
  7. ^ Sonja Blum, Klaus Schubert: Political field analysis . Textbook Series: Elements of Politics. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, p. 16 f., ISBN 978-3-531-16389-5 .
  8. ↑ Peter Biegelbauer: "How does politics learn - learning from experience in politics and administration". VS Verlag for Social Sciences, Wiesbaden 2013.