Editors
Douglas Besharov
Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy,
Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and
President of the Association for Pubic Policy Analysis and Management
Neil Gilbert
Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
Over the past decade there has been a substantial increase
in scholarly activity devoted to comparative policy analysis
spurred by the advent of the European Union and the dynamics of
globalization. Many policymakers, practitioners, academics and
students express a rising interest in learning about how public
officials in other countries are trying to address problems such
as poverty, unemployment, environmental decline, health,
education, and mass transportation. Drawing on that interest,
this series intends to advance critical discourse and the
interpenetration of ideas about the design and impact of public
policies. What can we learn from each other? The central
objective of this series is to generate new insights into
the most challenging issues of public policy through original
research and objective analyses that compare the experiences of
countries throughout the world.
The editors are responsible for commissioning and developing
titles in this series. Volumes currently already under contract
or in process include:
European and American Social
Models: Comparing Dimensions of Societal Well-Being
New Developments in Child
Welfare Policy: Comparative Trends in Europe and the U.S.
Measuring Poverty, Income
Inequality, and Social Exclusion: Lessons from Europe
The editors invite submission of manuscripts on a wide-range
of comparative analyses.
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