Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis

The Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis is a four-volume set, compiled of articles, spanning twenty years, from the highly respected Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. The first volume addresses questions about theory and methodology in the comparative study of public policy. The second explores different modes of governance and comparative studies of institutions. The third volume contains chapters that are regional in focus and conduct comparisons in specific policy sectors. The fourth and final volume looks at comparisons within disciplinary policy sectors, including healthcare, environment, education, social welfare, immigration, and science and technology. Further, in each volume there is a new chapter on comparisons between the disciplines of public policy, public administration, governance and political science by leading scholars. The Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of public policy, and social science more generally. The chapters were originally published as articles in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. Part 1: Introduction to the book series and volume one Why the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis Studies Iris Geva-May, Guy B Peters, Joselyn Muhleison Part 2: Comparing fields of study: What lesson can be drawn? Two Ships in the Night: Comparative Politics and Comparative Policy Analysis - Making the Linkage Guy B. Peters and Iris Geva-May Part 3: The Classics 1. Comparative policy analysis: Déjà vu all over again? Peter Deleon, Phyllis Resnick‐Terry 2. Compared to What? The Multiple Meanings of Comparative Policy Analysis Beryl A. Radin, David L. Weimer 3. The Problem of Policy Problems Guy B. Peters 4. Twenty Years of Comparative Policy Analysis: A Survey of the Field and a Discussion of Topics and Methods Iris Geva‐May, David Hoffman, Joselyn Muhleisen 5. Comparative logic versus problem logic? An introduction Monika Steffen 6. Comparing complex policies: Lessons from a public health case Monika Steffen 7. Understanding Policy Change as an Epistemological and Theoretical Problem Giliberto Capano 8. The Dependent Variable Problem in the Study of Policy Change: Understanding Policy Change as a Methodological Problem Michael Howlett, Benjamin Cashore 9. Mechanisms of Policy Change: A Proposal for a Synthetic Explanatory Framework José Real-Dato 10. The Matching Problem within Comparative Welfare State Research: How to Bridge Abstract Theory and Specific Hypotheses Sabina Stiller, Kees van Kersbergen 11. The Dependent Variable Problem within the Study of Welfare State Retrenchment: Defining the Problem and Looking for Solutions Christoffer Green-Pedersen 12. Policy Innovations: Towards an Analytic Framework Sami Mahroum 13. Exploring the Concept of Governability Jan Kooiman 14. The Role and Impact of the Multiple-Streams Approach in Comparative Policy Analysis Daniel Béland, Michael Howlett 15. Differences That Matter: Overcoming Methodological Nationalism in Comparative Social Policy Research Scott Greer, Heather Elliott, Rebecca Oliver 16. Europeanization as a methodological challenge: The case of interest groups Sabine Saurugger 17. How to construct a robust measure of social capital: Two contributions Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Christian Bjornskov 18. Cultural theory: The neglected variable in the craft of policy analysis Iris Geva‐May 19. Cultures of public policy problems Robert Hoppe 20. Toward cultural analysis in policy analysis: Picking up where Aaron Wildavsky left off Brendon Swedlow 21. Metachoice in policy analysis Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman 22. Introduction: The OECD and Policy Transfer: Comparative Case Studies Leslie A. Pal 23. Learning Transferable Lessons from Single Cases in Comparative Policy Analysis Amanda Wolf, Karen Baehler Foreword Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. Part 1: Introduction to the Book Series and Volume Two Why the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis Studies? Iris Geva-May, Guy B Peters, Joselyn Muhleison Part 2: Comparative Policy Analysis, Institutions and Governance The Rise of the Governance Mantra and Comparative Policy Analysis Giliberto Capano Part 3: The Classics 1. Bringing Governments Back in: Governance and Governing in Comparative Policy Analysis Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett, M Ramesh 2. Comparative Analyses of Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Anthony E. Boardman, Carsten Greve, Graeme A. Hodge 3. Public–private partnerships in the US and Canada: "There are no free lunches" Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman, Finn Poschmann 4. Comparing Public–Private Partnerships and Traditional Public Procurement: Efficiency vs. Flexibility Thomas W. Ross, Jing Yan 5. The Determinants of Privatization: a Comparative Analysis of Developing Countries Michael Breen, David Doyle 6. Comparative Implementation Research: Directions and Dualities Peter Hupe and Harald Saetren 7. Organizing for policy implementation: The emergence and role of implementation units in policy design and oversight Evert Lindquist 8. Policy Harmonization: Limits and Alternatives Giandomenico Majone 9. Exploring the Concept of Governability Jan Kooiman 10. Can Corruption Be Measured? Comparing Global Versus Local Perceptions of Corruption in East and Southeast Asia Min-Wei Lin, Chilik Yu 11. Public Personnel Policies: Impact on Government Performance Greta Nasi 12. Government Effectiveness in Comparative Perspective Soo-Young Lee, Andrew B. Whitford 13. Federalism, political structure, and public policy in the United States and Canada Beryl A. Radin, Joan Price Boase 14. Towards Harmonization or Standardization in Governmental Accounting? The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board Experience Iluminada Fuertes 15. Trust and Distrust as Distinct Concepts: Why Studying Distrust in Institutions is Important Steven Van De Walle, Frédérique Six 16. Sustainable Development and Transnational Communication: Assessing the International Influence on Subnational Policies Sander Happaerts, Karoline Van Den Brande 17. Accountable Climate Governance: Dilemmas of Performance Management across Complex Governance Networks Asim Zia, Christopher Koliba 18. Beyond Welfare Effort in the Measuring of Welfare States Jon Olaskoaga, Ricardo Alaez-Aller, Pablo Diaz-De-Basurto-Uraga 19. Beyond Compliance: The Europeanization of Member States through Negative Integration and Legal Uncertainty Susanne K. Schmidt 20. Governance in the European Union: A Policy Analysis of the Attempts to Raise Legitimacy through Civil Society Participation Eva G. Heidbreder 21. Policy Transfer and Accession: A Comparison of Three International Governmental Organisations Peter Carroll 22. Agency fever? Analysis of an international policy fashion Christopher Pollit, Karen Bathgate, Janice Caulfield, Amanda Smullen, Colin Talbot 23. Networks for Regulation: Privacy Commissioners in a Changing World Charles D. Raab 24. Four Styles of Regulation and their Implications for Comparative Policy Analysis Christian Adam, Steffen Hurka, Christoph Knill 25. Global Governance Indices as Policy Instruments: Actionability, Transparency and Comparative Policy Analysis Tero Erkkilä 26. Informing institutional design: Strategies for comparative cumulation Aidan Vining, David Weimer Foreword Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. Part 1: Introduction to the Book Series and Volume Three Why the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis Studies Iris Geva-May, Guy B Peters, Joselyn Muhleison Part 2: Comparing Regions: What lesson can be drawn? Comparative Public Administration and Comparative Public Policy Leslie A. Pal Part 3: The Classics 1. When do Governments Consolidate? A Quantitative Comparative Analysis of 23 OECD Countries (1980–2005) Uwe Wagschal, Georg Wenzelburger 2. Europeanization, Policy Learning, and New Modes of Governance Claudio M. Radaelli 3. Bottom–Up Policy Convergence: A Sociology of the Reception of Policy Transfer in Public Health Policies in Europe Carole Clavier 4. Can Corruption Be Measured? Comparing Global Versus Local Perceptions of Corruption in East and Southeast Asia Min-Wei Lin, Chilik Yu 5. Independent Professional Bureaucracies and Street-Level Bribery: Comparing Changes in Civil Service Law and Implementation in Latin America Laura Langbein, Pablo Sanabria 6. A Comparative Study of Abortion Policymaking in Brazil and South America: The Salience of Issue Networks and Policy Windows Andrzej Kulczycki 7. Father-friendly legislation and paternal time across Western Europe Alison J. Smith, Donald R. Williams 8. Reconciliation of work and family life in Europe: A case study of Denmark, France, Germany and the United Kingdom Peter Abrahamson 9. Fiscal Policy Learning from Crisis: Comparative Analysis of the Baltic Countries Ringa Raudla, Aleksandrs Cepilovs, Vytautas Kuokštis, Rainer Kattel 10. Failing family policy in post-communist Central Europe Steven Saxonberg, Tomáš Sirovátka 11. Comparative Analysis of Governmental Accounting Diversity in the European Union Rosa Ma Dasí, Vicente Montesinos, Santiago Murgui 12. A Comparative Study of Asset-based Policy in Asia: Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan Chang-Keun Han 13. The Challenges of Implementing Merit-Based Personnel Policies in Latin America: Mexico's Civil Service Reform Experience Mauricio I. Dussauge Laguna 14. Public Personnel Policies and Problems in the New Democracies of Central and Eastern Europe Tiina Randma-Liiv, Jane Järvalt 15. The Missing Dimension: A Comparative Analysis of Healthcare Governance in Central and Eastern Europe Monika Ewa Kaminska 16. Made to Measure? Europeanization, Goodness of Fit and Adaptation Pressures in EU Competition Policy and Regional Aid Carlos Mendez, Fiona Wishlade, Douglas Yuill 17. Overfishing in Southern Africa: A Comparative Account of Regime Effectiveness and National Capacities Martin Sjöstedt, Aksel Sundström 18. A Legal Perspective on "Privateness" and "Publicness" in Latin American Higher Education Andrés Bernasconi 19. Watching the Watchers: Transgovernmental Implementation of Data Privacy Policy in Europe Abraham L. Newman 20. Managing urban growth in Asia Clay G. Wescott, L. R. Jones 21. Governance for sustainability in East Asian Global Cities: An exploratory study Mee Kam Ng 22. Building Collaborative Emergency Management Systems in Northeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis of the Roles of International Agencies Namkyung Oh, Aya Okada, Louise K. Comfort 23. Crucial Factors in Implementing Radical Policy Change: A Comparative Longitudinal Study of Nordic Central Agency Relocation Programs Harald Sætren 24. Housing Conditions, States, Markets and Households: A Pan-European Analysis Michelle Norris, Henryk Domański 25. Regional Policy Agglomeration: Arctic Policy in Canada and the United States Peter J May, Bryan D. Jones. Betsi E. Beem, Emily A. Neff-Sharum and Melissa K. Poague Foreword Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. Part 1: Introduction to the Book Series and Volume Four Why the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis Studies Iris Geva-May, Guy B Peters, Joselyn Muhleison Part 2: Comparative Policy Analysis and Policy Sectors The Contribution of Comparative Policy Analysis to Policy Design Studies Michael Howlett Part 3: The Classics Healthcare 1. Translating Monetary Inputs into Health Care Provision: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Different Modes of Public Policy Claus Wendt, Jürgen Kohl 2. Comparing health policy: An assessment of typologies of health systems Viola Burau, Robert H. Blank 3. Six Countries, Six Health Reform Models? Health Care Reform in Chile, Israel, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and The Netherlands Kieke G. H. Okma, Tsung-mei Cheng, David Chinitz, Luca Crivelli, Meng-kin Lim, Hans Maarse, Maria Eliana Labra 4. Bottom–Up Policy Convergence: A Sociology of the Reception of Policy Transfer in Public Health Policies in Europe Carole Clavier 5. How do Governments Steer Health Policy? A Comparison of Canadian and New Zealand Approaches to Cost Control and Primary Health Care Reform Tim Tenbensel 6. National Values, Institutions and Health Policies: What do they Imply for Medicare Reform? Theodore R. Marmor, Kieke G. H. Okma, Stephen R. Latham Welfare 7. A comparative analysis of paid leave for the health needs of workers and their families around the world Alison Earle, Jody Heymann 8. Three Worlds of Welfare Chauvinism? How Welfare Regimes Affect Support for Distributing Welfare to Immigrants in Europe Jeroen Van Der Waal, Willem De Koster, Wim Van Oorschot 9. Public Funding, Private Delivery: States, Markets, and Early Childhood Education and Care in Liberal Welfare States – A Comparison of Australia, the UK, Quebec, and New Zealand Linda A. White, Martha Friendly 10. Reconciliation policies and the effects of motherhood on employment, earnings and poverty Joya Misra, Michelle J. Budig, Stephanie Moller 11. Less Bad than its Reputation: Social Spending as a Proxy for Welfare Effort in Cross-national Studies Carsten Jensen 12. The regulation of working time as work-family reconciliation policy: Comparing Europe, Japan, and the United States Janet C. Gornick, Alexandra Heron 13. Social Citizenship of Young People in Europe: A Comparative Institutional Analysis Tom Chevalier Education 14. Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Quality Assurance in Colombia and Ecuador: How is Political Ideology Reflected in Policy Design and Discourse? Nadia Rubaii, Mariana Lima Bandeira 15. Federal Dynamics of Changing Governance Arrangements in Education: A Comparative Perspective on Australia, Canada and Germany Giliberto Capano 16. Importing Private Higher Education: International Branch Campuses Jason E. Lane 17. Private Higher Education and Public Policy: A Global View Daniel C. Levy, William Zumeta Migration 18. Policy Analysis and Europeanization: An Analysis of EU Migrant Integration Policymaking Andrew Geddes, Peter Scholten 19. The Interplay of Knowledge Production and Policymaking: A Comparative Analysis of Research and Policymaking on Migrant Integration in Germany and the Netherlands Han Entzinger, Peter Scholten 20. Fiscal federalism and the politics of immigration: Centralized and decentralized immigration policies in Canada and the United States Graeme Boushey, Adam Luedtke 21. Bureaucratic Control and Policy Change: A Comparative Venue Shopping Approach to Skilled Immigration Policies in Australia and Canada Anna Boucher 22. Setting the Immigrant Policy Agenda: Expertise and Politics in the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom Peter Scholten, Arco Timmermans Biotechnology 23. Democracy, Colonial Legacy, and the Openness of Cabinet-Level Websites in Developing Countries Ivan Katchanovski, Todd La Porte 24. Federalism and the Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology in the United States and European Union Adam D. Sheingate 25. Direct Legislation in North America and Europe: Promoting or Restricting Biotechnology? Christine Rothmayr Allison, Frédéric Varone