In the first volume of its kind, a collection of top policy scholars combine empirical and methodological analysis in the field of comparative policy studies to provide compelling insights into the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies across regional and national boundaries.
Together, this collection provides a comprehensive scholastic foundation to comparative policy analysis and comparative policy studies.
New to this Edition: - New and improved chapter structure places conceptual discussion before the empirical analysis, leading to a stronger emphasis on big picture questions throughout - Increased attention to contemporary relevant policy ...
This book provides new evidence on teachers unions and their political activities across nations, and offers a foundation for a comparative politics of education.
POLICY. AND. INSTITUTIONAL. STUDIES. Bert A. Rockman, Editor The Acid Rain Controversy James L. Regens and Robert W. ... Jones The Competitive City: The Political Economy of Suburbia Mark Schneider Conflict and Rhetoric in French ...
This Handbook provides a discussion of the fundamental methodological issues in comparative policy research, as well as descriptions and analyses of major techniques used for that research.
This book summarizes recent advances in the work on agenda-setting in a comparative perspective. The book first presents and explains the data-gathering effort undertaken within the Comparative Agendas Project over the past ten years.
Journal of European Public Policy, 13(7), 1086–1103. Benford, Robert D. and Snow, David A., 2000, Framing processes and social movements: an overview and assessment. Annual Review of Sociology, 26, 611–639. Bennet, Colin J. and Howlett, ...
The books set out not just to report on the discipline, but to shape it. The series will be an indispensable point of reference for anyone working in political science and adjacent disciplines.
This Handbook presents the first comprehensive study of policy analytical practices in comparative perspective.
Based on OÕNeil, Fields, and ShareÕs market-leading textbook and casebook, Cases and Concepts in Comparative Politics: An Integrated Approach integrates concepts and cases in one volume.