Policy analysis

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The policy analysis is an approach of political science research and teaching. This aims at a systematic understanding of politics and its use for practical research into politics. Policy analysis often serves as policy advice .

According to the multi-dimensional concept of politics (policy-analytical triangle), politics is divided into the sub-areas of process-related dimension (political processes), institutional dimension (institutional framework conditions, “polity”) and normative, content-related dimension (political content). Policy ”). If these policy dimensions are understood as independent but can be combined with one another, the concept of multi-dimensional (modularized) policy analysis emerges. Policy analysis, which deals primarily with the political content of individual policy fields, is called policy field analysis . Special forms of policy analysis are program analysis, implementation analysis and network analysis.

Methodologically, the policy analysis uses the entire spectrum of methods of empirical social research from the qualitative case study to the case comparison and the (descriptive and conclusive) statistics to the simulation (business game / computer-aided simulation). In the comparative policy analysis, political systems, action challenges and processes are examined comparatively, with particular emphasis on the appropriate modeling of the respective object.

literature

  • Volker von Prittwitz: Comparative Policy Analysis . 1st edition. UTB, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8282-0374-7 .
  • Klaus-Peter Saalbach: Introduction to Political Analysis . 1st edition. Dirk Koentopp, Osnabrueck 2009, ISBN 978-3-938342-15-2 .
  • Volker von Prittwitz: Political Analysis . 1st edition. UTB, Opladen 1994, ISBN 3-8100-1044-8 .
  • Peter Knoepfel, Corinne Larrue and Frédéric Varone: Policy Analysis . UTB, Opladen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8252-3578-9 .

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