The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (JCPA) is a double blind-fold refereed Journal, indexed in the SSI, adhering to the highest quality scholarship that makes a contribution to the field of comparative policy studies. Published five times per year, the JCPA is the only explicitly comparative journal of policy studies. It invites manuscripts that address public policy analysis and related public administration and management in this unique manner.
The JCPA aims to stimulate the intellectual development of comparative policy studies and the growth of aninternational community of scholars in the field.
Criteria: The JCPA gives priority to comparative studies that are not limited to and go beyond international comparisons only. The JCPA adheres to the following comparative criteria and expects submissions to:
- Draw, derive or disseminate lessons based on circumstances in which the policy issues have in common manipulable policy, program or institutional variables.
- Contribute to comparative theory development;
- Present theory-based empirical research;
- Offer comparative evaluations of research methods;
- Derive the practice implications of theory-based research;
- Use conceptual heuristics to interpret practice.
Interdisciplinarity: The JCPA encourages the submission of articles advancing the comparative dialogue across Public Policy Disciplines. Publications can include multiple policy arenas such as, for instance, immigration, health care, environmental protection, education, higher education, security or human rights, welfare, transportation, and others. Functionally articles can address, for instance, research methods, policy analytic methodology, technology transfer, public finance, budgetingpractice, administrative reform, performance measurement and others.
Founding Editor-in-Chief
Iris Geva-May, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Co-Editor
B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, US and Michael Howlett Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Founding Co-Editor
Lawrence E. Lynn, University of Chicago, US (1997 - 2001)
Past Co-Editor
John Ellwood, University of California at Berkeley, US (2001 - 2002)
Book Review Editor
Louise Comfort, University of Pittsburgh, US
Comparative Policy Statistics Editor
Fred Thompson, Willamette University, Oregon, US
Comparative Policy Innovation Editors
Anthony Boardman, University of British Columbia & Aidan Vining, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Honorary Board Members: Duncan MacRae, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US; Giandomenico Majone, Institute Universitaire European, Italy; James G. March, Stanford University, US; Special Issue Guest Editors: (2011) William Zumeta, University of Washington & Daniel Levy, SUNY, US (2011) Greta Nasi, Bocconi University, Italy (2010) Bruno Dente, University of Milan, Italy (2010) Theodore Marmor, Yale University, US (2009) Christine Rothmayr, University of Montreal, Canada (2009) Giliberto Capano, Bologna - Forli, Itally & Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University, Canada (2008) Sabine Saurugger, IEP - Grenoble, France & Claudio Radaelli, Exeter, UK (2008) Patrick Marier, Concordia Montreal, Canada & Markus Haverland, Erasmus, The Netherlands (2007) Mee Kam Ng, University of Hong Kong, PRC (2006) Evert Linquist, University of Victoria, Canada (2006) Janet Gornick, Baruch College, CUNY, New York, US (2005) Monika Steffen, University of Grenoble, France (2005) Jeff Straussman, the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, US (2004) Dietrich Traenhardt, Muenster University, Germany (2003) John Dixon, Plymouth University, UK (2002) Robert Hoppe, University of Twente, The Netherlands (2001) Michael Luger, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US (2000) George Hoberg, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, Canada