Contents

pp v-vi

List of tables and figures

pp vii-vii

Notes on the contributors

pp viii-x

Foreword - Lessons from Israel's experience

pp xi-xxvi

Introduction - Policy analysis in Israel: a late developer's story

pp 1-18

Part One - The styles and methods of public policy analysis in Israel

pp 19-20

One - Policy analysis under intense pressures

pp 21-36

Two - Policy analysis evolution in Israel: building administrative capabilities

pp 37-52

Part Two - Policy analysis by the executive and the legislature

pp 53-54

Three - Policy analysis in Israel's central government: latest developments and challenges ahead

pp 55-70

Four - Local government and the challenge of policy analysis

pp 71-92

Five - Policy analysis and the legislature

pp 93-108

Six - The making of disability policy in Israel: ad hoc advisory expert panels

pp 109-120

Part Three - Policy analysis in specific government units

pp 121-122

Seven - Policy analysis in the treasury: how does the Israeli Ministry of Finance arrive at a policy decision?

pp 123-140

Eight - Policy analysis at the Bank of Israel

pp 141-152

Part Four - Policy analysis from the outside

pp 153-154

Nine - Insiders within? The third sector and policy analysis in Israel

pp 155-170

Ten - Policy analysis education in graduate programmes in Israel

pp 171-196

Index

pp 197-202