Comparative Policy Newsletter

THE JCPA AWARD for the 'BEST COMPARATIVE POLICY PAPER' at the APSA CONFERENCE

Congratulations to Doctors Natalia Bueno, Felipe Nunes, and Cesar Zucco, on their paper “Benefits by luck: A study of lotteries as a selection method for government programs” which was presented at the APSA Conference 2024. They are the winners of the recent JCPA Award for Best Comparative Policy Paper granted by the JCPA in collaboration with our partner association, the American Political Science Association Public Policy Section, on September 5th, 2024 in Philadelphia.

The winner has been awarded an AWARD CERTIFICATE by JCPA and Routledge, and a $500 monetary prize, thanks to the contributions of our International Institutional Members. The winner will be extended a priority publication slot upon submission of an article based on the winning conference paper and its acceptance following the standard JCPA reviewing process.

Natalia Bueno,

Political Science Department

Emory University, Atlanta, US                

Felipe Nunes, The Federal University

of Minas Gerais (UFMG), 

BRAZIL

Cesar Zucco, Getulio Vargas

Foundation Brazilian School of Public Administration, BRAZIL

TSINGHUA WORKSHOP ON COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF URBAN GOVERNANCE AND POLICY

The Scholarly Society for International Comparative Policy Analysis (SSICPA), JCPA and Tsinghua University are now accepting submissions for our upcoming workshop “Comparative Analysis of Urban Governance and Policy” to be held on December 16-17, 2024 in Beijing at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University.

Abstract Submissions Deadline: October 7, 2024 (to: jcpa_office@tsinghua.edu.cn) 

Notification of Abstract Review Decision: October 11, 2024 

Full Manuscript Submission: December 1, 2024 

Look out for the complete Call for Papers announcement to be posted on the website:

https://www.sppm.tsinghua.edu.cn/english/info/1032/2652.htm

THE São Paulo WORKSHOP ON POLICY PROCESS RESEARCH

(SP-WOPPR)

The workshop is designed for graduate students and postdocs and will feature three short streams: Advocacy Coalitions, Transnational Policy Processes, and Narrative Policy Framework Analysis.

Date: March 31 to April 4, 2025

Venue: The Federal University of São Paulo, Osasco

More information: https://laboppi.unifesp.br/spwoppr

JCPA 25th ANNIVERSARY FREE ONLINE SPECIAL ISSUE

25 Years of Research in Comparative Policy Analysis

Edited by Professor Guillaume Fontaine, JCPA Co-editor, and Dr. Shawn Drake, JCPA Executive Director, this celebratory Free ONLINE Special Issue published for JCPA’s 25^th Anniversary, is a collection of 25 most visible articles in the JCPA over the last two and a half decades—divided by and highlighting four types of comparative policy analysis methodology.

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READ THE JOURNAL'S LATEST ARTICLES,

VOL. 26:5

All articles included in this issue are OPEN ACCESS unless otherwise indicated.

Federalism and Health Care: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Canada and Italy

Franca Maino & Antonia Maioni

Typologizing Digital Nomad Visas: Comparing Policy Rationales from Tourism to Wealth Accumulation to Immigration

Kaisu Koskela & Pascal Beckers

Pension Reform Policy in Latin America: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Leandro N. Carrera & Marina Angelaki    

Comparative Measurement of Citizens’ Perceptions of Local Policies: A 3MC (Multinational, Multicultural, Multiregional) Approach

Mara A. Yerkes, Katharina Meitinger & Karen van Hedel

How Can Policy Diffusion of Intergovernmental Public Health Emergency Cooperation Be Realized? Evidence from China [FREE ACCESS Sept 27– Nov 30, 2024]

Rui Nan & Yejing Xiao

Integration Policy Networks and the Potential for Local Integration Policy Diffusion in European Small- and Medium-Sized Towns and Rural Areas: A Comparative Analysis

Andrea Pettrachin

When Politics Determines Policy Success and Failure. A Comparison of Offshore Wind Power in Denmark and Spain

Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy & Pierre Wokuri

SPECIAL JCPA SECTIONS

Comparative Policy Concepts, Statistics, and Analytics: On Concepts, Analytics, and Statistics in Comparative Policy Studies: An Introduction from the New Section Editors [FREE ACCESS]

Pragya Bhuwania, Jidong Chen & Yves Steinebach

UCLA US, Tsinghua University Beijing China, University of Oslo Norway

Qualitative Comparative Policy Studies: Qualitative Comparative Policy Studies: An Introduction from the Special Section Editors [FREE ACCESS]

Gita Steiner-Khamsi & Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva

Columbia University New York, University of Oklahoma, US

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