Introduction Part 1 - Historical Perspectives Chapter 1. The Policy Sciences at the Crossroads - Peter deLeon and Danielle M. Vogenbeck Chapter 2. Promoting the Policy Orientation: Lasswell in Context - Douglas Torgerson Chapter 3. Public Policy, Social Science, and the State: An Historical Perspective - Peter Wagner Part II - Policy Processes Chapter 4. Theories of the Policy Cycle - Werner Jann and Kai Wegrich Chapter 5. Agenda Setting in Public Policy - Thomas A. Birkland Chapter 6. Policy Formulation: Design and Tools - Mara S. Sidney Chapter 7. Implementing Public Policy - Helga Pulzl and Oliver Treib Chapter 8. Do Policies Determine Politics? - Hubert Heinelt Part III - Policy Politics, Advocacy, and Expertise Chapter 9. A Guide to the Advocacy Coalition Framework - Christopher M. Weible and Paul A. Sabatier Chapter 10. Policy Communities - Hugh T. Miller and Tansu Demir Chapter 11. Public Policy Analysis and Think Tanks - Diane Stone Part IV - Policy Making: Rationality, Networks, and Learning Chapter 12. Rationality in Policy Decison Making - Clinton J. Andrews Chapter 13. Rational Choice in Public Policy: The Theory in Critical Perspective - Steven Griggs Chapter 14. Taking Stock of Policy Networks: Do They Matter? - Jorg Raab and Patrick Kenis Chapter 15. Theories of Policy Learning: Agency, Structure, and Change - John Grin and Anne Loeber Part V - Deliberative Policy Analysis: Argumentation, Rhetoric, and Narratives Chapter 16. Deliberative Policy Analysis as Practical Reason: Integrating Empirical and Normative Arguments - Frank Fischer Chapter 17. Rhetoric in Policy Making: Between Logos, Ethos, and Pathos - Herbert Gottweis Chapter 18. Narrative Policy Analysis - Michel M.J. van Eeten Part VI - Comparative, Cultural, and Ethical Perspective Chapter 19. Comparative Public Policy - Martin Lodge Chapter 20. Applied Cultural Theory: Tool for Policy Analysis - Robert Hoppe Chapter 21. Ethical Issues and Public Policy - Eileen Sullivan and Mary Segers Chapter 22. Public Policy and Democratic Citizenship: What Kinds of Citizenship Does Policy Promote? - Anne Larason Scheneider and Helen Ingram Part VII - Quantitatively Oriented Policy Methods Chapter 23. Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis - Kaifeng Yang Chapter 24. The Use (and Misuse) of Surveys Research in Policy Analysis - Jerry Mitchell Chapter 25. Social Experiments and Public Policy - Caroline Danielson Chapter 26. Policy Evaluation and Evaluation Research - Hellmut Wollmann Part VIII - Qualitative Policy Analysis: Interpretation, Meaning, and Content Chapter 27. Qualitative-Interpretative Methods in Policy Research - Dvora Yanow Chapter 28. Qualitative Research and Public Policy - Alan R. Sadovnik Chapter 29. Interpretation and Intention in Policy Analysis - Henk Wagenaar Chapter 30. Context-Sensitive Policy Methods - Susan E. Clarke Part IX - Policy Decisions Techniques Chapter 31. Cost-Benefit Analysis - Gerald J. Miller and Donijo Robbins Chapter 32. Environmental Impact Assessment: Between Bureaucratic Process and Social Learning - Yaakov Garb, Miriam Manon, and Deike Peters Chapter 33. Technology Assessment as Policy Analysis: From Expert Advice to Participatory Approaches - Bernard Reber Chapter 34. Public Policy Mediation: From Argument to Collaboration - David Laws and John Forester Part X - Country Perspectives Chapter 35. Policy Analysis in Britain - Wayne Parsons Chapter 36. The Evolution of Policy Analysis in the Netherlands - Igor Mayer Chapter 37. Policy Analysis and Evaluation in Sweden: Discovering the Limits of the Rationalistic Paradigm - Jan-Eric Furubo Chapter 38. The Policy Turn in German Political Science - Thomas Saretzki Chapter 39. Policy Analysis in India: Research Bases and Discursive Practices - Navdeep Mathur and Kuldeep Mathur Chapter 40. Korean Policy Analysis: From Economic Efficiency to Public Participation - Changwan Mo Index