Table of Contents - 6[-]Preface - 8[-]A. Introduction - 10[-]1. Understanding Policy Work - 12[-]B. Accounts of Policy Work - 28[-]Introduction - 30[-]2. Giving Accounts of Policy Work - 32[-]3. Academic Accounts of Policy Experience - 46[-]C. Constructing Meaning trough Policy Work - 70[-]Introduction - 72[-]4. New Life for Old Buildings: Mediating Between Different Meanings - 76[-]5. Policy Workers Tinkering with Uncertainty: Dutch Econometric Policy Advice in Action - 92[-]D. Policy Work as Mediation - 112[-]Introduction - 114[-]6. Managing the Problematic in Policy Work - 116[-]7. Evaluation as Policy Work: Puzzling and Powering in a Dutch Program for Sustainable Development - 132[-]E. Policy Work Beyond the Nation-State - 154[-]Introduction - 156[-]8. Policy Work Between National and International Contexts: Maintaining Ongoing Collaboration - 160[-]9. Flying Blind in Brussels: How National Offi cials Do European Business Without Political Steering - 172[-]F. Linking Systemic and Experiential Knowledge - 192[-]Introduction - 194[-]10. Is Evidence-Based Policy Making Really Possible? Reflections for Policymakers and Academics on Making Use of Research in the Work of Policy - 196[-]11. Locating the Work of Policy - 212[-]G. Conclusions - 226[-]12. The Lessons for Policy Work - 228[-]About the Authors - 248[-]Index of Names - 252[-]Index of Subjects - 258Working for Policy brengt verhalen van ervaringsdeskundigen en wetenschappelijk onderzoekers samen in de beschrijving en analyse van hoe hedendaags beleidswerk verschilt van traditionele theorie en beleidsanalyse. Het boek biedt beschrijvingen, analyses en beoordelingen van wat hedendaagse beleidsmakers feitelijk doen in bepaalde situaties, waarom