Theory and Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies -

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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: D?j? 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 Gev?May, 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 Jos? 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 B?land, 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 Gev?May 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