Volume Two of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, contains chapters concerned with "Institutions and Governance in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies". They highlight that at the core of any policy making, the different institutions and modes of governance have a significant effect. Questions about the impact of governance have become more central to comparative policy analysis as scholars have given more attention to globalization, organizational cultural differences, policy learning, transfer, and diffusion. The chapters included in this volume tackle the nature of policies and policy analytic practices within and across organizations, actors and institutions as well as among governance modes. The chapters demonstrate the ways in which institutions and governance in the public and private sectors, shape policies, and conversely, how policy choices can shape the institutions associated with them. Other chapters focus on how the diffusion of knowledge and lesson drawing address challenges of policy making, cooperation and harmonization.
"Institutions and Governance in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies" will be of great interest to scholars and learners of public policy and social sciences, as well as to practitioners considering what can be reliably contextualized, learned, facilitated or avoided given their own institutional or governance systems.
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 also showcases a new chapter comparing interrelated domains of study with comparative public policy: political science, public administration, governance and policy design, authored by JCPA co-editors Giliberto Capano, Iris Geva-May, Michael Howlett, Leslie Pal and B. Guy Peters.
Table of Contents:
Foreword Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. Part 1: To the Book Series and Volume Two An Introduction: Why the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis Studies Iris Geva-May, Guy B Peters, Joselyn Muhleison Part 2: Comparative Policy Analysis, Institutions and Governance The Rise of the Governance Mantra and Comparative Policy Analysis Giliberto Capano Part 3: The Classics 1. Bringing Governments Back in: Governance and Governing in Comparative Policy Analysis Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett, M Ramesh 2. Comparative Analyses of Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Anthony E. Boardman, Carsten Greve, Graeme A. Hodge 3. Public–private partnerships in the US and Canada: "There are no free lunches" Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman, Finn Poschmann 4. Comparing Public–Private Partnerships and Traditional Public Procurement: Efficiency vs. Flexibility Thomas W. Ross, Jing Yan 5. The Determinants of Privatization: a Comparative Analysis of Developing Countries Michael Breen, David Doyle 6. Comparative Implementation Research: Directions and Dualities Peter Hupe and Harald Saetren 7. Organizing for policy implementation: The emergence and role of implementation units in policy design and oversight Evert Lindquist 8. Policy Harmonization: Limits and Alternatives Giandomenico Majone 9. Exploring the Concept of Governability Jan Kooiman 10. Can Corruption Be Measured? Comparing Global Versus Local Perceptions of Corruption in East and Southeast Asia Min-Wei Lin, Chilik Yu 11. Public Personnel Policies: Impact on Government Performance Greta Nasi 12. Government Effectiveness in Comparative Perspective Soo-Young Lee, Andrew B. Whitford 13. Federalism, political structure, and public policy in the United States and Canada Beryl A. Radin, Joan Price Boase 14. Towards Harmonization or Standardization in Governmental Accounting? The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board Experience Iluminada Fuertes 15. Trust and Distrust as Distinct Concepts: Why Studying Distrust in Institutions is Important Steven Van De Walle, Frédérique Six 16. Sustainable Development and Transnational Communication: Assessing the International Influence on Subnational Policies Sander Happaerts, Karoline Van Den Brande 17. Accountable Climate Governance: Dilemmas of Performance Management across Complex Governance Networks Asim Zia, Christopher Koliba 18. Beyond Welfare Effort in the Measuring of Welfare States Jon Olaskoaga, Ricardo Alaez-Aller, Pablo Diaz-De-Basurto-Uraga 19. Beyond Compliance: The Europeanization of Member States through Negative Integration and Legal Uncertainty Susanne K. Schmidt 20. Governance in the European Union: A Policy Analysis of the Attempts to Raise Legitimacy through Civil Society Participation Eva G. Heidbreder 21. Policy Transfer and Accession: A Comparison of Three International Governmental Organisations Peter Carroll 22. Agency fever? Analysis of an international policy fashion Christopher Pollit, Karen Bathgate, Janice Caulfield, Amanda Smullen, Colin Talbot 23. Networks for Regulation: Privacy Commissioners in a Changing World Charles D. Raab 24. Four Styles of Regulation and their Implications for Comparative Policy Analysis Christian Adam, Steffen Hurka, Christoph Knill 25. Global Governance Indices as Policy Instruments: Actionability, Transparency and Comparative Policy Analysis Tero Erkkilä 26. Informing institutional design: Strategies for comparative cumulation Aidan Vining, David Weimer
