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.

Contributions by: Gilles Pollet, Patrice Duran, Patrick Le Galès, Frédéric Lebaron, Daniel Benamouzig, Frédéric Lebaron, Daniel Benamouzig, Jean-Marie Pernot, Sophie Beroud, Charlotte Halpern, Laurie Boussaguet, Marc Milet, Guillaume Courty, Anne-Cécile Douillet, Cos Rafael, Argibay Camilo, Etienne Penissat, Mathieu Hauchecorne, Frederic Pierru, Julie Gervais, Guillaume Gourgues, Cécile Blatrix, Yves Surel, Olivier Rozenberg, Emmanuel Négrier, Alain Faure, Natacha Gally, Emilie Biland, Claire Dupuy, Andy Smith, Jacques de Maillard, Fabrice Hamelin, Renaud Payre