Contents

pp v-vi

List of figures and tables

pp vii-viii

Notes on contributors

pp ix-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction: history, problems, and theories of policy analysis in Argentina

pp 1-18

PART I - The theories, styles, and methods of policy analysis

pp 19-20

2 - Public policies in complex societies: Argentina, a case of a cyclical society

pp 21-40

3 - Policy analysis as a profession: the interaction between knowledge production and policy making

pp 41-55

4 - The styles of policy analysis in Argentina: analytical frameworks in debate

pp 56-73

5 - Prospective policy analysis: its development and application for Argentina

pp 74-88

PART II - Policy analysis by governments

pp 89-90

6 - Policy analysis by the federal government: the contribution of the National Institute of Public Administration

pp 91-104

7 - Policy analysis in the bureaucracy: the production of knowledge for professional public management training

pp 105-118

8 - Policy analysis at the subnational level: an exploration of a collaborative governance model

pp 119-132

9 - Policy analysis in Argentine local governments: a growing, heterogeneous, and controversial field of study

pp 133-150

10 - Policy analysis at different levels of government: the managerial skills in leaders of policy networks in Argentina

pp 151-170

PART III - Internal policy advisory councils, consultants, and committees

pp 171-172

11 - Government Administrators Corps in Argentina: a transformative initiative of internal consultants for public administration

pp 173-186

12 - The Argentine Congress as an environment for public policy formulation: an analysis of its technical areas

pp 187-198

13 - Policy analysis by national government advisory councils: knowledge production and its role in policy design and implementation

pp 199-214

PART IV - Parties, private research centers, and interest group-based policy analysis

pp 215-216

14 - Policy analysis in professional organizations: the contribution of the Argentine Association of Public Administration Studies

pp 217-229

15 - Policy analysis by parties: political cadres formation and training for the public management in Argentina

pp 230-241

16 - Democratic governance and the role of think tanks in the public policy cycle in Argentina

pp 242-258

17 - Policy analysis in private research centers: the Center for the Study of State and Society and its production on state and public policies in Argentina

pp 259-276

PART V - Academics, teaching, and policy analysis in universities

pp 277-278

18 - Academic policy analysis: the development of production in public administration and policy studies in Argentina (2001–2019)

pp 279-296

19 - Emergence and development of public policies training tracks in Argentine universities

pp 297-310

20 - Postgraduate university training in public administration, management, and public policy in Argentina: structure and distribution in the period 1990–2017

pp 311-327