Sonja Blum is a political scientist and Senior Researcher at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her academic interests are policy analysis, comparative welfare state research, family policy, and the role of evidence and learning in policy-making.

Klaus Schubert holds the chair on German Politics and Policy Analysis at the Institute for Political Science of the University of Münster, Germany. His major fields of research and publication are comparative policy analysis, especially social and welfare policies, as well as politics and economics.

Policy Analysis in Germany: The discipline over time: retrospect, status quo and outlook ~ Sonja Blum and Klaus Schubert;

Part I: The Foundations, Styles and Methods of Policy Analysis in Germany;

Historical Forerunners of Policy Analysis in Germany ~ Klaus von Beyme;

The Development of Policy Analysis in Germany: Practical problems and theoretical concerns ~ Werner Jann and Bastian Jantz;

Professionalisation of Policy Analysis in Germany: On the way or faraway? ~ Sylvia Pannowitsch;

Methods and Study Types in German Policy Analysis ~ Volker Schneider, Claudius Wagemann and Frank Janning;

Policy Analysis in the German-speaking Countries: Common traditions, different cultures in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland ~ Nils C. Bandelow, Fritz Sager and Peter Biegelbauer;

Part II: Policy Analysis by Governments;

Federal Government: Permanent In-house Capacities – Life within the ‘Apparatus’ ~ Josef Schmid and Daniel Buhr;

Statist Policy Advice: Policy Analysis in the German Länder ~ Roland Sturm and Markus M. Müller;

Local Policy Processes: Economisation, Professionalisation, Democratisation ~ Jörg Bogumil and Claudia Ruddat;

Part III: Policy Analysis by Committees, Public Inquiries, and Consultants;

Federal Government: Temporary, issue-related policy advice ~ Rolf G. Heinze;

Parliamentary In-house Research Services and Policy-making in Germany: Sancho Pansa or the Sling of David? ~ Stefan Marschall;

The German Bundestag and External Expertise: Policy-orientation as counterweight to Deparliamentarisation? ~ Sven T. Siefken and Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer;

Part IV: Policy Analysis by Parties, Interest Groups and Think Tanks;

From Hand to Mouth: Parties and Policy-making in Germany ~ Timo Grunden;

Policy Analysis by Trade Unions and Business Associations in Germany ~ Wolfgang Schroeder and Samuel Greef;

Public Interest Groups and Policy Analysis: A Push for Evidence-based Policy-making? ~ Christoph Strünck;

Think Tanks ~ Sven Jochem;

Part V: Policy Analysis by Research Institutes and Academia;

Policy Analysis at Non-University Research Institutes ~ Martin Thunert;

The Role of Policy Analysis in Teaching Political Science at German Universities ~ Renate Reiter and Annette E. Töller;

Academics and Policy Analysis – The tension between epistemic and practical concerns ~ Renate Mayntz