Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies

Volume One
Herausgeber: Geva-May, Iris; Muhleisen, Joselyn; Peters, B Guy

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9781032082233
• ISBN-10: 1032082232
• Artikelnr.: 62153191

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 GeväMay, 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 GeväMay 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