Abstract
It seems that a consensus has developed among scholars of public policy that not enough research has been conducted on policy analysis at the sub-national level (Bernier & Howlett, 2012; Howlett & Newman, 2010; Jennings & Hall, 2012; McArthur, 2007; Phillimore & Arklay, 2015; Veselý, Wellstead & Evans, 2014). Paradoxically, this slow development of research into sub-national policy analysis has coincided with a growing interest among scholars and practitioners in policy analysis in general and especially in evidence-based policy (Head, 2013; Legrand, 2012; Newman, Cherney & Head, 2016; Sanderson, 2011; Tseng & Nutley, 2014). It is possible, though unfortunate, that states and provinces and other subordinate units of government might be seen by some as being inferior to, and therefore less interesting than, national governments (McArthur, 2007).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Routledge Handbook of Comparative Policy Analysis |
Editors | Marleen Brans, Iris Geva-May, Michael Howlett |
Place of Publication | Abingdon Oxon UK |
Publisher | Routledge |
Chapter | 8 |
Pages | 118-130 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315660561 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781138959774 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |