Editor-in-Chief and Founder
Iris Geva-May, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Co-Editors
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: (2008) Theodore Marmor, Yale University, US (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
The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research & Practice aims to stimulate the further intellectual development of comparative policy studies and the growth of an international community of scholars in the field. It gives priority to comparative studies adhering to the following criteria:
- 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;
- Draw lessons based on circumstances in which compared policy related issues have in common certain manipulable policy, program or institutional variables.
Published five times per year as from 2010, 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. Please visit our Call for Papers.
The JCPA encourages the submission of articles advancing the comparative dialogue on policy disciplines such as immigration, health care, environmental protection, education, security or human rights, and functionally, technology transfer, public finance and budgeting, administrative reform, performance measurement and others. The Journal welcomes proposals for Special Symposia Issues and submissions to its Comparative Policy Statistics and Policy Innovation sections.