Splendors and miseries of Czech policy analysis: its state and development in the perspective of external influences
Abstract
Worldwide, policy analysis is a booming discipline due to the increasing complexity of public policy problems and continuing globalisation. The discipline providing decision-makers with expert attitudes has got also established in the Czech Republic.
However a paper describing and explaining the state of policy analysis has been missing. This paper aims to bridge the gap via using a theoretical supply-demand model which is applied to the historical overview of policy analysis in the Czech Republic and an empirical research.
The research consists of the analysis of public contracts (both demand and reply) in Czech ministries. The paper concludes that the demand for policy analysis from ministries is vague and ministries do not shape policy analysis very actively.
On the other side, many different approaches are typical for providers who apply approaches that they are used to (yet academic style prevails).