Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies: Volume One

ISBN-13: 9781032082233 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 448 str.

Iris Geva-May; B. Guy Peters; Joselyn Muhleisen

Opis

Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies contains chapters that address questions about theory and methodology in the comparative study of public policy.

Spis treści

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: 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 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 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

O autorze

Iris Geva-May has been recognized by Thomson Reuters for having pioneered the field of comparative policy analysis since 1998, when she founded the now high indexed Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. She serves as its Founding Editor. She is President of the International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum Scholarly Society. She has published among others The Logic and Methodology of Policy Analysis, An Operational Approach to Policy Analysis (with Wildavsky), International Library of Policy Analysis, Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis, and Policy Analysis as a Clinical Profession. She is currently a Honorary Visiting Professor at SPPA, Carleton University, Ottawa, and the Wagner School NYU; and Professor Emerita, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.

 

B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and Honorary Editor of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. He is also the Founding President of the International Public Policy Association and Editor of the International Review of Public Policy. He has been honored as the recipient of the Fred Riggs Award for Lifetime Achievement in Public Administration, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from NISPAcee. Among his seminal publications are: Comparative Politics Theory and Methods, Institutional Theory In Political Science0, The Politics of Bureaucracy: A Comparative Perspective, and An Advanced Introduction to Public Policy, The Next Public Administration.

 

Joselyn Muhleisen serves as the Awards Coordinator for the International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. She is a Doctoral Lecturer at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY). She earned her doctorate in political science from The Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the former Assistant Director of the European Union Studies Center, CUNY, New Yorkp. She has published work about the development of comparative policy analysis and its relationship to international studies.