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{"title":"What Does Comparative Policy Analysis Have to Do with the Structure, Institution and Agency Debate?","authors":"Caner Bakir","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2045867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2045867","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A growing number of political and policy scientists have utilized institutional theory to explain how the purposeful actions of agents shape and are shaped by structural, institutional, and agential factors. Most current studies, however, have conflated and/or combined the fundamental concepts of structure, institution, and actor, overlooking how their interactions shape policy and institutional outcomes. Furthermore, such research lacks an approach that allows a more comprehensive means to integrate the various dimensions of such interactions. By studying these distinct but interdependent causal factors through an integrative approach, we provide a richer, more comprehensive understanding of contingent conditions, agency, and outcomes.","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"40 1","pages":"415 - 429"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88021932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Political Determinants of Social Assistance Policies: A Critical Global Comparative Systematic Literature Review","authors":"E. Yörük, M. Kına, Ali Bargu","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2098721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2098721","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Social assistance programs and the related literature are proliferating globally. This article conducts a critical systematic review of the literature with objective and transparent selection criteria and illustrates two major shortcomings: First, the literature is largely descriptive and impact-oriented as analytical studies on the determinants/causes of social assistance programs are relatively under-examined. Second, it identifies a gap in the literature, which emanates from the relative under-examination of political, and especially contentious political, factors in scholarly analyses of determinants/causes of social assistance programs in comparison to structuralist, institutional, and ideational approaches.","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"205 1","pages":"121 - 155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80777991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Qualitative Comparative Analysis Using R: A Beginner’s Guide","authors":"Priscilla Álamos-Concha","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2107904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2107904","url":null,"abstract":"always wants more restrictive immigration while interest groups and immigrant-sending countries always want more liberal immigration policies. While this makes applications of her argument easier to follow, I am not entirely convinced that this approach doesn’t explain away some important considerations. First, although Ellerman does a fine job empirically supporting the premise of a public (and policy-maker) xenophobic orientation, there’s often a conspicuously anodyne treatment of the abjectly white supremacist logics underpinning both status quo policies and public discourse. Throughout each of these cases of immigrant policy, the “ethno-racial undertones” could benefit from more explicit unpacking (Ellerman is best on this within the US case). Moreover, while the international actors and diplomatic pressure play a relatively minor role in the case studies, the assumption that all sending countries see emigration as a “safety valve” (pp. 20, 59–60) seems to foreclose potentially interesting variation in the dynamics between sending and receiving countries. Recognizing the heterogeneity within and between different sending countries over time could open an additional avenue for comparative policy analysis, particularly when thinking about states with robust diaspora engagement policies, including incentivizing citizens to return home. Indeed, perhaps the best marker of Ellerman’s book as a major contribution is for the potential extensions and expansions. This is a comprehensive and comparative theory that can (and should) travel. Indeed, Ellerman concludes with compelling (if brief) extensions of the framework to other migration policies (e.g. asylum, integration) as well as the policymaking process at both subnational and supranational levels. And yet I found myself thinking through so many more possible applications for the policy arenas framework; for example, could the political insulation apply to climate policy, another complex policy issue with competing domestic pressures and international dimensions? How could we adapt or extend the theory beyond the Global North to think through immigration (or other) policies in the Global South, particularly in democracies with sizable immigrant and emigrant populations, but perhaps not the state capacity or economic clout to accommodate all domestic and international pressures? How adaptable is the insulation theory in more authoritarian contexts? This new book, combining a robust and flexible theoretical framework with meticulous case studies, is both a model and a catalyst for cuttingedge comparative policy research. Reviewer: Elizabeth Iams Wellman © 2022 Visiting Assistant Professor Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa biw1@williams.edu","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"1 1","pages":"119 - 120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90649177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Comparative Politics of Immigration: Policy Choices in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and the United States","authors":"E. Wellman","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2107903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2107903","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"172 1","pages":"118 - 119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74280712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Progress Towards Ending Sexual Harassment at Work? A Comparison of Sexual Harassment Policy in 192 Countries","authors":"J. Heymann, Gonzalo Moreno, Amy Raub, Aleta Sprague","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2100698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2100698","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Eliminating sexual harassment at work has an important role to play in accelerating progress toward gender equality in the economy. This study examines how 192 countries’ laws address workplace sexual harassment and measures the pace of change in adopting new legislation over the past five years since the #MeToo movement, during which global momentum to address sexual harassment increased. The analysis finds that an additional 13 countries now prohibit sexual harassment. Yet in 22 per cent of high-income, 26 per cent of middle-income, and 34 per cent of low-income countries, sexual harassment in the workplace remains legal. Closing these policy gaps and establishing stronger accountability mechanisms around both prohibition and prevention must be a priority.","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"11 1","pages":"172 - 193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73172983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trust in Government and COVID-19 Response Policy: A Comparative Approach","authors":"Cristina M. Stanica, A. Crosby, Sarah E. Larson","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2103672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2103672","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As nations work to respond to COVID-19, trust in government is critical to achieving health outcomes. Studies argue that greater trust in government is associated with increased compliance with COVID-19 public health policies. This analysis investigated predictors of public trust during COVID-19 in 16 countries grouped in four regions. The data used (n = 47,000) are taken from the Worldwide COVID-19 Attitudes and Beliefs dataset. Five hypotheses test the effects of stringency, geographic location, age, gender, income, and education levels on public trust. Findings reveal that increased stringency measures and education levels are positively associated with trust.","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"20 1","pages":"156 - 171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79978112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Classification, Evolution, and Construction: A Parallel Discourse Analysis of Agricultural Outsourcing Policy in China","authors":"Hongping Lian","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2091928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2091928","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Political decisions are increasingly based on local innovations. This article aims to reveal the role of argumentation in making a new idea stand out from the competition of a flood of policy ideas for national adoption. It traces the case of agricultural outsourcing in China and identifies the consecutive phases of classification, evolution, and construction. The finding is that a parallel argument structure was formed, which extends the traditional argument structure by constantly referring to an existing national policy, in this case land use rights transfer. The implication is that a more intentional use of argumentation is needed to impress policy-makers.","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"38 1","pages":"42 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87213655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Embracing Complexity in Policy Implementation Research: A Comparative Analysis of Water Policy Implementation in the Great Lakes and Rio-Grande/Bravo Regions","authors":"C. Johns, Debora VanNijnatten","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2086044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2086044","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Scholars and practitioners must increasingly embrace complexity in policy implementation research and practice. This article presents findings from in-depth comparative qualitative analysis of two complex transboundary water policy cases, the North American Great Lakes and Rio Grande/Bravo Basin, to highlight the value of focusing on four sets of factors (contextual, institutional, engagement, and knowledge factors) to understand why complex policy regimes continue to face limited policy implementation success in achieving policy goals decades after initiating implementation efforts. The findings outline the value of focusing on critical sets of factors in comparative policy implementation research that embraces complexity.","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"25 1","pages":"19 - 41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85031124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative Studies of Public Administration and Public Policy beyond the Nation State","authors":"Yves Steinebach, Christoph Knill","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2021.1958658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2021.1958658","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract International organizations (IOs) and their bureaucracies are more and more recognized as important players in public policy-making and -implementation beyond the nation state. Despite substantial advancement made in the study of IOs and their bureaucracies, there are still some issues that have remained fairly understudied. We largely lack, for instance, scholarly contributions that cover multiple cases and that focus on aspects that go beyond the structural characteristics of IOs such as their delegated authority or mandate. The central objective of this Special Issue is to highlight and address this research gap. To do so, it brings together various scholarly contributions that compare multiple IOs and study aspects of international public administrations and public policy that have not been on the analytical radar so far.","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"77 1","pages":"201 - 209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90613725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social Policy in the Islamic World","authors":"Ferdinand Eibl","doi":"10.1080/13876988.2022.2049971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2022.2049971","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (Vol. 24, No. 6, 2022)","PeriodicalId":15486,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice","volume":"23 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138507507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}