Summary
Overview
Key Readings
This collection brings together disparate but individually significant papers on the subject of public policy, ensuring that all the developing threads in this field of work are identified and contextualised by a newly-written introductory essay.
Editor's Introduction: Comparative Public Policy
Introduction
Increasingly writings on public policy involve comparative analysis, ranging from efforts to interpret policies in individual nation states in terms of typologies which contribute to the explanation of differences to studies which simply compare two or more nations in terms of the different ways in which particular policies have emerged and developed. This development may be seen as something that is being stimulated by the increasing mutual engagement of scholars from different countries and by a recognition that comparison can contribute to theory building. But it must also be seen as influenced by global influences upon nation states, supra-national collaborative policies, aid policies in which donors seek to influence policies in the countries supported and the development of regional political ...
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Volume I: General Theories and Methods
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Introductions to Theories and Methods
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1. Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method
Arend Lijphart
1971
American Political Science Review
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2. Systematic Process Analysis: When and How to Use It1
Peter Hall
2008
European Political Science
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3. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in Public Policy Analysis: An Extensive Review
Benoît Rihoux | Ilona Rezsöhazy | Damien Bol
2011
German Policy Studies
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Patterns of Democracy
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4. Democracies: Forms, Performance, and Constitutional Engineering
Arend Lijphart
1994
European Journal of Political Research
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5. The Effects of Negotiation Democracy: A Comparative Analysis
Klaus Armingeon
2002
European Journal of Political Research
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6. Negotiation Democracy versus Consensus Democracy: Parallel Conclusions and Recommendations
Arend Lijphart
2002
European Journal of Political Research
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7. Lijphart Expanded: Three Dimensions of Democracy in Advanced OECD Countries?
Adrian Vatter
2009
European Political Science Review
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Comparative Approaches with More Detailed Institutional Focuses
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8. Institutions in Comparative Policy Research
Fritz Scharpf
2000
Comparative Political Studies
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9. The Concept of Policy Style
Jeremy Richardson | Gunnel Gustafsson | Grant Jordan
1982
Policy Styles in Western Europe
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10. Not Odious but Onerous: Comparative Public Administration
Christopher Pollitt
2011
Public Administration
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11. Administrative Traditions in Comparative Perspective: Families, Groups and Hybrids
Martin Painter | B. Peters
2010
Tradition and Public Administration
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12. Politico-Administrative Systems: The Key Features
Christopher Pollitt | Geert Bouckaert
2000
Public Management Reform
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13. Public Administration in East Asia: Legacies, Trajectories and Lessons
Anthony Cheung
2012
International Review of Administrative Sciences
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Globalisation
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14. The Causes of Globalization
Geoffrey Garrett
2000
Comparative Political Studies
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15. Tracing Connections between Comparative Politics and Globalisation
Jeff Haynes
2003
Third World Quarterly
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Volume II: Policy System Typologies and Cross Cutting Issues
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Regime Theory
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Gøsta Esping-Andersen
1990
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
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17. Work, Welfare and Gender Equality: A New Typology
Alan Siaroff
1994
Gendering Welfare States
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18. Rethinking the Western Construction of the Welfare State
Alan Walker | Chack-Kie Wong
1996
International Journal of Health Services
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19. Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism or More? A State-of-the-Art Report
Wil Arts | John Gelissen
2002
Journal of European Social Policy
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20. Welfare Regime Debate: Past, Present, Futures?
Emanuele Ferragina | Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
2011
Policy & Politics
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Varieties of Capitalism
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21. Extract from Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage
Peter Hall | David Soskice
2001
Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage
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Martin Schröder
2009
Journal of Social Policy
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23. Putting the Political Back into Political Economy by Bringing the State Back in Yet Again
Vivien Schmidt
2009
World Politics
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24. Varieties of Capitalism: Trajectories of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity
Kathleen Thelen
2012
Annual Review of Political Science
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European Union
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Christoph Knill | Andrea Lenschow
1998
Journal of European Public Policy
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26. The Implementation of EU Social Policy: The ‘Southern Problem’ Revisited
Miriam Hartlapp | Simone Leiber
2010
Journal of European Public Policy
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Achim Kemmerling
2010
Journal of European Public Policy
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Comparative Public Policy outside the OECD ‘Club’
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28. Welfare States in Developing Countries: Unique or Universal?
Nita Rudra
2007
The Journal of Politics
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Christopher Clapham
1998
Review of International Studies
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30. Global Welfare Regimes: A Cluster Analysis
Miriam Sharkh | Ian Gough
2010
Global Social Policy
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31. The Politics of Public Spending in Post-Communist Countries
Romana Careja | Patrick Emmenegger
2009
East European Politics and Societies
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32. Post-Communist Welfare Capitalisms: Bringing Institutions and Political Agency Back In
Alfio Cerami | Paul Stubbs
2011
EIZ Working Papers No. EIZ-WP-1103
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Volume III: Policy Fields – Social Policy
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Social Protection
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33. Social Assistance in OECD Countries
Ian Gough | Jonathan Bradshaw | John Ditch | Tony Eardley | Peter Whiteford
1997
Journal of European Social Policy
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34. Public and Private Policy Change: Pension Reform in Four Countries
Daniel Béland | Toshimitsu Shinkawa
2007
Policy Studies Journal
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Takeshi Hieda
2012
Social Policy & Administration
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Hildegard Theobald | Kristine Kern
2011
Policy & Politics
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37. Family Policies in OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis
Olivier Thévenon
2011
Population and Development Review
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38. Types of Public Family Support: A Cluster Analysis of 15 European Countries
Monika Mischke
2011
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
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Giuliano Bonoli | Frank Reber
2010
European Journal of Political Research
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Health Care
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40. Worlds of Welfare and the Health Care Discrepancy
Clare Bambra
2005
Social Policy and Society
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41. Comparing Health Policy: An Assessment of Typologies of Health Systems
Viola Burau | Robert Blank
2006
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
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Kieke Okma | Tsung-Mei Cheng | David Chinitz | Luca Crivelli | Meng-Kin Lim | Hans Maarse | Maria Labra
2010
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
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Education
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43. Comparative Political Science and the Study of Education
Marius Busemeyer | Christine Trampusch
2011
British Journal of Political Science
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Gunther Hega | Karl Hokenmaier
2002
German Policy Studies
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45. Partisan Politics, the Welfare State, and Three Worlds of Human Capital Formation
Torben Iversen | John Stephens
2008
Comparative Political Studies
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46. Higher-Education Policies and Welfare Regimes: International Comparative Perspectives
Hans Pechar | Lesley Andres
2011
Higher Education Policy
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47. Capitalist Systems, Deindustrialization, and the Politics of Public Education
Carsten Jensen
2011
Comparative Political Studies
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Volume IV: Policy Fields – Economy, Environment and Others
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Economic Policy, Labour Market Policy and Taxation
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48. Economic Performance and Institutions: Capturing the Dependent Variable
Barbara Vis | Jaap Woldendorp | Hans Keman
2012
European Political Science Review
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49. The Political Economy of Active Labor-Market Policy
Giuliano Bonoli
2010
Politics & Society
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50. Europe and the Economic Crisis: Forms of Labour Market Adjustment and Varieties of Capitalism
Michel Lallement
2011
Work, Employment & Society
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51. The Evolution of Policy Ideas: Tax Policy in the 20th Century
Sven Steinmo
2003
The British Journal of Politics & International Relations
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52. Tax Policy in an Era of Internationalization: Explaining the Spread of Neoliberalism
Duane Swank
2006
International Organization
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Environment Policy
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53. Explaining National Environmental Performance: Approaches, Evidence, and Implications
Daniel Fiorino
2011
Policy Sciences
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54. Cross-National Differences in Policy Implementation
Sheila Jasanoff
1991
Evaluation Review
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55. Capitalism, State Economic Policy and Ecological Footprint: An International Comparative Analysis
Ş. Özler | Brian Obach
2009
Global Environmental Politics
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56. Trend-Setters in Environmental Policy: The Character and Role of Pioneer Countries
Martin Jänicke
2005
Environmental Policy and Governance
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57. Leaders and Laggards in Environmental Policy: A Quantitative Analysis of Domestic Policy Outputs
Duncan Liefferink | Bas Arts | Jelmer Kamstra | Jeroen Ooijevaar
2009
Journal of European Public Policy
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58. The Comparative Politics of Climate Change
Kathryn Harrison | Lisa Sundstrom
2007
Sundstrom Global Environmental Politics
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Other Policy Areas
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59. Comparative Analysis of Immigration Politics: A Retrospective
Gary Freeman
2011
American Behavioural Scientist
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Herman Schwartz | Leonard Seabrooke
2008
Comparative European Politics
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61. Housing Conditions, States, Markets and Households: A Pan-European Analysis
Michelle Norris | Henryk Domański
2009
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
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