Policy Analysis in France

Policy analysis in France lays the foundation for a more systematic understanding of policy analysis in the country. In doing so the volume discusses the role of the State and its restructuring processes of government and governance and State-Society relationships and policies as both a process and an outcome. Through 18 chapters contributions focus on policymakers their practices ideas and discourses how they engage in sustained relationships with a large variety of market and society actors and the concrete devices they use in order to make policy objectives operational. This is a comprehensive study of policy analysis in France that will be valuable to academics and postgraduate students researching and studying a range of policy and public management areas.