Regional Comparisons in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies

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.

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 Domanski

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