An emerging body of scholarship suggests that "Western" notions of policy analysis may not be relevant in "Eastern" jurisdictions, and that non-Western countries, particularly in Asia, may have their own local policy analytical style or tradition. However, in many Asian countries, little is known about the work that public sector policy analysts do. Using data from a survey and focus groups, this article investigates policy analysis and analytical capacity in the provincial government of West Java, Indonesia. We find ample signs of policy analytical activity as it would be understood by Western scholars, with little evidence of any specific Asian style.

一个新兴的学术机构表明，“西方”的政策分析概念可能与“东方”司法管辖区无关，非西方国家，特别是亚洲国家，可能有自己的地方政策分析风格或传统。然而，在许多亚洲国家，人们对公共部门政策分析师所做的工作知之甚少。本文使用来自调查和焦点小组的数据，调查了印度尼西亚西爪哇省政府的政策分析和分析能力。我们发现了大量的政策分析活动迹象，正如西方学者所理解的那样，几乎没有任何特定亚洲风格的证据。