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Comparative Public Policy at the Crossroads

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This article seeks to acquaint the reader with the intellectual landscape of comparative policy studies, and to raise the level of self-consciousness of scholars active in the field. To this end it discusses why comparative policy studies emerged when and where it did in the 1970s. Then it grapples with the reasons and possible effects of the fact that the very term ‘comparative policy’ is so difficult to translate into non-English languages, and links this to a discussion of problems of conceptual cohesion. The last part assesses the prospects of a field which is seeking to gain and retain intellectual coherence and respect, though not nestled comfortably within a single discipline, and is subject to contending pulls from national and international academic, political and bureaucratic forces.

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  • Heidenheimer, Arnold J., 1985. "Comparative Public Policy at the Crossroads," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(4), pages 441-465, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:5:y:1985:i:04:p:441-465_00
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    1. Feick, Jürgen & Jann, Werner, 1989. "Comparative Policy Research: Eclecticism or Systematic Integration?," MPIfG Discussion Paper 89/2, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

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