Regional Comparisons in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies

Name: Regional Comparisons in Comparative Policy Analysis Studies
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Volume Three of the Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis, contains chapters concerned with \""Regional Comparisons and Policy Analysis\"" \u2013 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 .