Abstract
The publication aims at responding to such contemporary methodological issues in the field of public policy that are not only being debated internationally but also perceived by the authors as burning for the field in the Czech Republic. The first part of the publication discusses specific analytical methods and general research approaches.
Extensive attention is paid to methods for analyzing the plurality of attitudes and values among policy actors and their and argumentative strategies, such as discourse analysis, frame analysis or Q methodology. More general research approaches are presented in chapters on policy research, comparative methods and case studies.
The second part of the publication focuses on different aspects of policy impact assessment. It reflects issues surrounding the implementation of the EIA and RIA methodologies, both internationally and in the Czech Republic, and presents contingent valuation - a relatively unknown method in the context of Czech public administration.