Volume Three of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis,
contains chapters concerned with "Regional Comparisons and Policy
Analysis" - one of the most prevailing approaches in comparative
public policy. Through the prism of inter-jurisdiction comparisons
of similarities and variations, they address comparisons in
specific policy sectors, governance or institutional constructs,
and political regimes. The foci are, nevertheless, on those
comparisons between countries or regions, which help to lesson-draw
by identifying and understanding the variation in policy analysis
and policy making that exists within or across regions. One benefit
of regional comparisons is that it often allows studies to hold
constant many variables, ranging from colonial legacy to federal
systems, or from language to specific traditions, and more
effectively isolate dependent variables. Regional organizations
like the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) or European Union are also considered as catalysts for
regional policy approaches and harmonization, and occupy a major
role in this volume. The chapters address a broad and diverse
number of countries and geographical areas: Latin America, North
America, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, the Baltic
states, the Nordic states, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern
Europe, and Europe as a whole. "Regional Comparisons and Policy
Analysis" 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.
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