Policy Analytics, Modelling, and Informatics

1. Policy Analytics: Definitions, Components, Methods, and Illustrative Examples
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Theresa A. Pardo, Luis F. Luna-Reyes

Part I. Frameworks and Research Community

2. Background on Frameworks for Policy Analytics
Karim Hamza, Sehl Mellouli

3. eGovPoliNet: Experiences from Building a Policy Informatics Research Community
Laurence Brooks, Marijn Janssen, Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou

Part II. Decision Making

4. One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: E-government Policies in Practice
Helle Zinner Henriksen

5. Development and Use of Data-Centric Information Systems to Support Policymakers: Applied to Criminal Justice Systems
Susan van den Braak, Sunil Choenni

6. The Value of System Dynamics Modeling in Policy Analytics and Planning
Norman Wayne Porter

7. Deconstructing Social Policy Innovation Through the Use of Complex Systems Theory: A Methodology for Modelling and Simulation of theImpact of ICT-Enabled Social Innovation
Gianluca Misuraca, Luigi Geppert, Csaba Kucsera

Part III. Democracy and Governance

8. Citizen-Sourcing for Public Policy Making: Theoretical Foundations, Methods and Evaluation
Euripidis N. Loukis

9. Data Analytics for Policy Informatics: The Case of E-Petitioning
Loni Hagen, Teresa M. Harrison, Catherine L. Dumas

10. Visualization Practice and Government: Strategic Investments for More Democratic Governance
Evert A. Lindquist

11. Can the French Republic Be Digital? Lessons from theLast Participatory Experience on theLaw-Making Process
Christophe Premat

Part IV. Tools and Applications

12. Policy Makers’ Perceptions About Social Media Platforms for Civic Engagement in Public Services. An Empirical Research in Spain
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar

13. Policy Analytics Tool to Identify Gaps in Environmental Governance
Julia A. Ekstrom, Gloria T. Lau, Kincho H. Law

14. On the Spot and Map: Interactive Model-Based Policy Support Under Deep Uncertainty
Erik Pruyt, Tushith Islam, Thomas Arzt

15. An Event-Driven Lens for Bridging Formal Organizations and Informal Online Participation: How Policy Informatics Enables Just-in-Time Responses to Crises
Chul Hyun Park, Erik W. Johnston

16. Social-Media-Based Policy Informatics: Cyber-Surveillance for Homeland Security and Public Health Informatics
Wingyan Chung, Daniel Zeng

17. Model-Based Policy Analysis to Mitigate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Richard C. Larson, Henry Fingerhut, Mohammad S. Jalali, Alireza Ebrahimvandi, Anne Quaadgras, Thomas Kochan

18. Competition and Collusion Between Government and Businesses in Pollution Management: Analysis Based on Stochastic Differential Game
Danlu Jiang, Jing Zhang

19. Erratum to: Policy Analytics, Modelling, and Informatics
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Theresa A. Pardo, Luis F. Luna-Reyes

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, Public Policy, Public Administration, Big Data/Analytics