Theory and methods in comparative policy analysis studies
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Theory and methods in comparative policy analysis studies
（Classics of comparative policy analysis : the journal of comparative policy analysis, v. 1）
Routledge, 2020
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Volume One of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, "Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies" includes chapters that apply or further theory and methodology in the comparative study of public policy, in general, and policy analysis, in particular. Throughout the volume the chapters engage in theory building by assessing the relevance of theoretical approaches drawn from the social sciences, as well as some which are distinctive to policy analysis. Other chapters focus on various comparative approaches based on developments and challenges in the methodology of policy analysis. Together, this collection provides a comprehensive scholastic foundation to comparative policy analysis and comparative policy studies.
"Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies" will be of great interest to scholars and learners of public policy and social sciences, as well as to practitioners considering what can be learned or facilitated through methodologically and theoretically sound approaches.
The chapters were originally published as articles in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis which in the last two decades has pioneered the development of comparative public policy. The volume is part of a four-volume series, the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis including Theories and Methods, Institutions and Governance, Regional Comparisons, and Policy Sectors. Each volume showcases a different new chapter comparing domains of study interrelated with comparative public policy: political science, public administration, governance and policy design, authored by the JCPA co-editors Giliberto Capano, Iris Geva-May, Michael Howlett, Leslie A. Pal and B. Guy Peters.
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 field 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: Deja 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 Method 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 Jose 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 Beland, 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
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