Edited by B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor Emeritus of Government, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, US and Guillaume Fontaine, Senior Researcher, The Comparative Policy Lab, FLACSO, Ecuador

'An excellent, timely and accessible collection by internationally renowned contributors, this Handbook provides cutting-edge treatment of methods in comparative public policy, as well as their strengths and weaknesses for addressing theoretical issues. It is an absolute must for students, teachers and policy analysts, and I warmly recommend it to them.'--Moshe Maor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

• Contents:List of contributors xi1 Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods and Applications inComparative Policy Analysis 1B. Guy Peters and Guillaume FontainePART I THE METHODOLOGICAL DEBATE2 The comparative method and comparative policy analysis 20B. Guy Peters3 The most-similar and most-different systems design in comparativepolicy analysis 33Carsten Anckar 4 Can a case study test a theory? Types and tokens in comparative policyanalysis 49Keith DowdingPART II THEORETICAL CHALLENGES5 Comparing policy processes: insights and lessons from the AdvocacyCoalition Framework research program 67Daniel Nohrstedt, Christopher M. Weible, Karin Ingold and Adam D. Henry6 Comparing agenda-settings: the Comparative Agendas Project 90Laura Chaqués Bonafont, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Henrik Bech Seeberg7 Comparing historical cases: advances in comparative historical research 113Grace Jaramillo8 Comparing international policy transfers 134Osmany Porto de OliveiraPART III MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS9 Using experiments in comparative policy analysis: from policy evaluationto the policy process 153Peter John10 Measuring change in comparative policy analysis: concepts and empiricalapproaches 167Jale Tosun and Julia Schnepf11 Using indexes in comparative policy analysis: global comparisons 186Tero Erkkilä12 Using text-as-data methods in comparative policy analysis 203Fabrizio Gilardi and Bruno WüestPART IV MIXED METHODS AND MULTI-METHODS13 Critical multiplism for comparative policy analysis 219William N. Dunn and B. Guy Peters14 Causal case studies for comparative policy analysis 238Derek Beach15 Qualitative Comparative Analysis for comparative policy analysis 254Eva Thomann16 Process tracing for comparative policy analysis: a realist approach 277Guillaume FontainePART V QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES17 Using focus groups in comparative policy analysis 297Patrik Marier, Daniel Dickson and Anne-Sophie Dubé18 Using ethnography in comparative policy analysis: premises, promisesand perils 312Raul Pacheco-Vega19 Using Q methodology in comparative policy analysis 333Astrid Molenveld20 Using the Narrative Policy Framework in comparative policy analysis 348Aaron Smith-Walter and Michael D. JonesPART VI ISSUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH21 Trends in the development of comparative policy analysis 367Iris Geva-May, David C. Hoffman and Joselyn Muhleisen22 Evolutionary theory in comparative policy analysis 385Adrian KayIndex 401

Edited by B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor Emeritus of Government, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, US and Guillaume Fontaine, Senior Researcher, The Comparative Policy Lab, FLACSO, Ecuador

'An excellent, timely and accessible collection by internationally renowned contributors, this Handbook provides cutting-edge treatment of methods in comparative public policy, as well as their strengths and weaknesses for addressing theoretical issues. It is an absolute must for students, teachers and policy analysts, and I warmly recommend it to them.'--Moshe Maor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

• Contents:List of contributors xi1 Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods and Applications inComparative Policy Analysis 1B. Guy Peters and Guillaume FontainePART I THE METHODOLOGICAL DEBATE2 The comparative method and comparative policy analysis 20B. Guy Peters3 The most-similar and most-different systems design in comparativepolicy analysis 33Carsten Anckar 4 Can a case study test a theory? Types and tokens in comparative policyanalysis 49Keith DowdingPART II THEORETICAL CHALLENGES5 Comparing policy processes: insights and lessons from the AdvocacyCoalition Framework research program 67Daniel Nohrstedt, Christopher M. Weible, Karin Ingold and Adam D. Henry6 Comparing agenda-settings: the Comparative Agendas Project 90Laura Chaqués Bonafont, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Henrik Bech Seeberg7 Comparing historical cases: advances in comparative historical research 113Grace Jaramillo8 Comparing international policy transfers 134Osmany Porto de OliveiraPART III MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS9 Using experiments in comparative policy analysis: from policy evaluationto the policy process 153Peter John10 Measuring change in comparative policy analysis: concepts and empiricalapproaches 167Jale Tosun and Julia Schnepf11 Using indexes in comparative policy analysis: global comparisons 186Tero Erkkilä12 Using text-as-data methods in comparative policy analysis 203Fabrizio Gilardi and Bruno WüestPART IV MIXED METHODS AND MULTI-METHODS13 Critical multiplism for comparative policy analysis 219William N. Dunn and B. Guy Peters14 Causal case studies for comparative policy analysis 238Derek Beach15 Qualitative Comparative Analysis for comparative policy analysis 254Eva Thomann16 Process tracing for comparative policy analysis: a realist approach 277Guillaume FontainePART V QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES17 Using focus groups in comparative policy analysis 297Patrik Marier, Daniel Dickson and Anne-Sophie Dubé18 Using ethnography in comparative policy analysis: premises, promisesand perils 312Raul Pacheco-Vega19 Using Q methodology in comparative policy analysis 333Astrid Molenveld20 Using the Narrative Policy Framework in comparative policy analysis 348Aaron Smith-Walter and Michael D. JonesPART VI ISSUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH21 Trends in the development of comparative policy analysis 367Iris Geva-May, David C. Hoffman and Joselyn Muhleisen22 Evolutionary theory in comparative policy analysis 385Adrian KayIndex 401

Edited by B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor Emeritus of Government, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, US and Guillaume Fontaine, Senior Researcher, The Comparative Policy Lab, FLACSO, Ecuador

'An excellent, timely and accessible collection by internationally renowned contributors, this Handbook provides cutting-edge treatment of methods in comparative public policy, as well as their strengths and weaknesses for addressing theoretical issues. It is an absolute must for students, teachers and policy analysts, and I warmly recommend it to them.'--Moshe Maor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

• Contents:List of contributors xi1 Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods and Applications inComparative Policy Analysis 1B. Guy Peters and Guillaume FontainePART I THE METHODOLOGICAL DEBATE2 The comparative method and comparative policy analysis 20B. Guy Peters3 The most-similar and most-different systems design in comparativepolicy analysis 33Carsten Anckar 4 Can a case study test a theory? Types and tokens in comparative policyanalysis 49Keith DowdingPART II THEORETICAL CHALLENGES5 Comparing policy processes: insights and lessons from the AdvocacyCoalition Framework research program 67Daniel Nohrstedt, Christopher M. Weible, Karin Ingold and Adam D. Henry6 Comparing agenda-settings: the Comparative Agendas Project 90Laura Chaqués Bonafont, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Henrik Bech Seeberg7 Comparing historical cases: advances in comparative historical research 113Grace Jaramillo8 Comparing international policy transfers 134Osmany Porto de OliveiraPART III MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS9 Using experiments in comparative policy analysis: from policy evaluationto the policy process 153Peter John10 Measuring change in comparative policy analysis: concepts and empiricalapproaches 167Jale Tosun and Julia Schnepf11 Using indexes in comparative policy analysis: global comparisons 186Tero Erkkilä12 Using text-as-data methods in comparative policy analysis 203Fabrizio Gilardi and Bruno WüestPART IV MIXED METHODS AND MULTI-METHODS13 Critical multiplism for comparative policy analysis 219William N. Dunn and B. Guy Peters14 Causal case studies for comparative policy analysis 238Derek Beach15 Qualitative Comparative Analysis for comparative policy analysis 254Eva Thomann16 Process tracing for comparative policy analysis: a realist approach 277Guillaume FontainePART V QUALITATIVE TECHNIQUES17 Using focus groups in comparative policy analysis 297Patrik Marier, Daniel Dickson and Anne-Sophie Dubé18 Using ethnography in comparative policy analysis: premises, promisesand perils 312Raul Pacheco-Vega19 Using Q methodology in comparative policy analysis 333Astrid Molenveld20 Using the Narrative Policy Framework in comparative policy analysis 348Aaron Smith-Walter and Michael D. JonesPART VI ISSUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH21 Trends in the development of comparative policy analysis 367Iris Geva-May, David C. Hoffman and Joselyn Muhleisen22 Evolutionary theory in comparative policy analysis 385Adrian KayIndex 401