Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Policy Analysis in Comparative Perspective: An Introduction -- PART I: The Styles and Methods of Public Policy Analysis -- 2 The Policy Analysis Profession -- 3 The Choice of Formal Policy Analysis Methods -- 4 From Policy Analytical Styles to Policymaking Styles -- 5 Policy Analysis and Bureaucratic Capacity -- 6 Reflections on a Half Century of Policy Analysis -- PART II: Policy Analysis by Governments -- 7 Policy Analysis in the Central Government. 8 Policy Analysis in Sub-National Governments9 Policy Analysis at the Local Level -- 10 Evidence-Based Budgetary Policy: Speaking Truth to Power? -- PART III: Committees, Public Inquiries, Research Institutes, Consultants and Public Opinion -- 11 Public Inquiries -- 12 Expert Advisory Bodies in the Policy System -- 13 Policy Analysis in the Legislative Branch -- 14 Management Consultancy and the Varieties of Capitalism -- 15 Public Opinion and Policy Analysis -- PART IV: Parties and Interest-Group-Based Policy Analysis. 16 Who are The Political Parties' Ideas Factories? On Policy Analysis by Political Party Think Tanks17 Business Associations and the Public Policy Process: When Do They Do Policy Analysis? -- 18 Policy Analysis by the Labour Movement: A Comparative Analysis of Labour Market Policy in Germany, Denmark and the United States -- 19 Policy Analysis and the Voluntary Sector -- PART V: Advocacy-Based and Academic Policy Analysis -- 20 Media and Policy Analysis -- 21 Policy Analysis and Think Tanks in Comparative Perspective -- 22 Academic Policy Analysis and Research Utilization in Policymaking -- 23 Public Policy Studies in North America and Europe.