Rezension: Cairney, Paul (2021): The Politics of Policy Analysis

Abstract

Times of crisis and reforms denote a first source to a better understanding of knowledge processes of political advice. The author of the volume, Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Stirling (Scotland/UK), seizes the opportunity, retrospects existing phase models in policy process research, and analyses new developments when evidence is being used in policymaking. The volume is meant as "art and craft" advice on policy analysis for university lecturers. It provides a collection of classic policy analysis concepts and a reflection on techniques needed to a policy analysis profession facing an overcomplex environment where facts and truth are highly contested.