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JCPA-ICPA Forum Newsletter, Spring 2016

Newsletter

Spring 2016

JCPA Editor Iris Geva-May

Message from the President and Editor-In-Chief

Greetings for a happy spring holiday season. In this newsletter, please find new JCPA and ICPA-Forum announcements and dates for upcoming events & activities in which we hope that you can take part.
Iris Geva-May


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Join Us In Welcoming New JCPA Editors, Board Members and Partners for 2016

I am happy to welcome colleagues who assumed scholarly leadership roles with us and welcome new international institutions and associations:

New Editorial Board Member

Professor Xufeng Zhu, Tsinghua University, Bejing, China

New International Institutional Members

Gold Sponsors
School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University Bloomington Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong
LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Tsinghua University, China
Department of Public Administration & Policy, American University, Washington D.C.
Silver Sponsors
The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration, George Washington University
El Colegio de Mexico, A. C.

New Associational Partnership

Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration
View a full list of our international institutional members and associational partners here


Upcoming Events

Announcing The 5th Jcpa And Icpa-forum Research Symposium

Piecing Together the Policy Analysis Puzzle in Volatile Environments
June 8-9, 2106
Tel Aviv University

The Symposium celebrates the publication of “Policy Analysis in Israel” Volume 8 of the International Library of Policy Analysis (2013-2019) (ILPA) Series sponsored by the JCPA and ICPA-Forum. It will address and tie up conclusions facilitated by the ILPA series across international borders with the participation of editors and authors of other volumes, and leading Israeli government officials, authors and international scholars. More specifically, triggered by the Israeli case, the focus will be on policy analysis in volatile contexts. Convenors and Volume Editors: Gila Menahem and Amos Zehavi.
Program: Given the growing complexity of modern contemporary policy environments, which include a bewildering plethora of stakeholders and institutions, it is unsurprising that policy analysis is in considerable demand. However, the types and forms of policy analysis adopted depend largely on the specific characteristics of a given policy environment. Hence, despite the growing prevalence of global diffusion of policy analysis practices, policy analysis adoption and practice is still very much shaped by local environments.
Presenters include Prof. Klaus Schubert, Editor Policy Analysis in Germany, ILPA Vol. 1; Prof. Beryl Radin, chapter author Policy Analysis in the USA and former APPAM President; Prof. Iris Geva-May, ILPA series Co-Editor, Founding President ICPA-Forum and JCPA Founding Editor. In Israel, among prominent others, volume authors: Prof. Yehezkel Dror, a founding father of the public policy field; Dr. Karrnit Flug Governor of the Bank of Israel.


Best Comparative Policy Paper Award JCPA-MPSA 2016

This annual JCPA underwritten award was granted this April 2016 at the Chicago MPSA Conferenceto Professor Anthony M. Bertelli, (New York University, United States) and J. Andrew Sinclair, New York University, United States). The Joint International Adjudication Committee of MidwestPolitical Science Association (MPSA) and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (JCPA)unanimously decided in selecting their paper entitled: “Mass Administrative Reorganization,Media Attention, and the Paradox of Information.” We thank the Committee, including ProfessorsCharles Blake (James Madison University, Chair), Christoffer Green-Pedersen (Aarhus University),and Klaus Schubert (University of Muenster) for their diligent work.
Read our Twinterview with Professor Anthony M. Bertelli here.

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