I. Engeli & C. Rothmayr Allison 
Comparative Policy Studies 
Conceptual and Methodological Challenges

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.

表中的内容

1. Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Comparative Public Policy; Christine Rothmayr and Isabelle Engeli PART I: TYPES OF COMPARISONS AND THEIR METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES 2. Conceptualizing Public Policy; Michael Howlett and Ben Cashore 3. Selecting Research Cases and Inferential Types in Comparative Public Policy Research; Jeroen van der Heijden PART II: COMPARATIVE DESIGNS 4. Case Studies and (Causal-) Process Tracing; Joachim Blatter and Markus Haverland 5. Intermediate-N Comparison: Configurational Comparative Methods; Isabelle Engeli, Benoît Rihoux, and Christine Rothmayr 6. Quantitative Methodologies in Public Policy; Christian Breunig and John Ahlquist 7. Interpretive Analysis and Comparative Research; Dvora Yanow PART III: NEW CHALLENGES IN COMPARATIVE DESIGNS 8. Comparing Beyond Europe and North America; Joseph Wong 9. Methods for the Analysis of Policy Interdependence; Fabrizio Gilardi 10. Gendering Comparative Policy Studies: Towards Better Sciencel; Amy G. Mazur and Season Hoard 11. Mixed-Methods Designs in Comparative Public Policy: The Dismantling of Pension Policies; Adrienne Héritier and Sophie Biesenbender

关于作者

John S. Ahlquist, University of Wisconsin, USA Sophie Biesenbender, Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance, Germany Joachim Blatter, University of Lucerne, Switzerland Christian Breunig, University of Konstanz, Germany Ben Cashore, Yale University, USA Fabrizio Gilardi, University of Zurich, Switzerland Markus Haverland, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Adrienne Héritier, European University Institute, Italy Season Hoard, Washington State University, USA Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University, USA and National University of Singapore Amy G. Mazur, Washington State University, USA Jeroen van der Heijden Australian National University and the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Benoît Rihoux, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Joseph Wong, University of Toronto, Canada Dvora Yanow, Wageningen University, the Netherlands