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Background on Frameworks for Policy Analytics

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Policy Analytics, Modelling, and Informatics

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Different frameworks related to policy-making analysis and policy modelling have been developed in the literature. These frameworks are generally spread across multidiscipline sciences like public policy; political science, computer science and social sciences. Policy Frameworks address general forms of theoretical analysis, by identifying the elements and their relationships. These elements can include for example: governance structure; policy process; stakeholders; and institutions structure. However, there is no standard categorization or classification for these frameworks. And with the growing development in the policy analytics and policy modelling, there is a rising need to review existing policy frameworks and develop categorization criteria able to classify frameworks concerned by policy-making analysis and policy modelling. This chapter will go through the main frameworks used in understanding the policy making process, in order to make a general overview frameworks for Policy analytics.

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  1. Institute for European Studies (IES), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

    Karim Hamza

  2. Université Laval, Ville de Québec, QC, Canada

    Sehl Mellouli

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  1. Center for Technology in Government & Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA

    J Ramon Gil-Garcia

  2. Center for Technology in Government & Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA

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  3. Center for Technology in Government & Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA

    Luis F. Luna-Reyes

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Hamza, K., Mellouli, S. (2018). Background on Frameworks for Policy Analytics. In: Gil-Garcia, J., Pardo, T., Luna-Reyes, L. (eds) Policy Analytics, Modelling, and Informatics. Public Administration and Information Technology, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61762-6_2

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