Comparative Policy Studies: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges

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