Comparing Public Policies
Issues and Choices in Industrialized Countries
3rd Edition
Published on 14. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-1-4522-4144-9 (ISBN)
Description
By combining a conceptual discussion of policy-making with an examination of seven policy areas, the authors show how politics - in the realm of the environment, education, taxation, economics, immigration, health care and social welfare - shapes policy choices.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4522-4144-9 (9781452241449)
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Jessica R. Adolino | Charles H. Blake
Comparing Public Policies
Issues and Choices in Industrialized Countries
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01/2010
2nd Edition
CQ Press
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Jessica R. Adolino is professor of political science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg,
Virginia, where she teaches courses on comparative politics, European politics, and international affairs. Her research interests primarily lie in the area of British politics. She published an extensive study of immigration and ethnic politics, Ethnic Minorities, Electoral Politics and Political Integration in Britain, in 1998. She is currently studying the political dynamics of European integration in the United Kingdom.
Charles H. Blake is professor of political science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he teaches comparative politics, comparative public policy, and research methods. His research on the political economy of upper-income and middle-income societies has been published in a variety of journals including Comparative Political Studies, Democratization, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, among others. The second edition of his Politics in Latin America: The Quests for Development, Liberty, and Governance will be published in 2008.
Virginia, where she teaches courses on comparative politics, European politics, and international affairs. Her research interests primarily lie in the area of British politics. She published an extensive study of immigration and ethnic politics, Ethnic Minorities, Electoral Politics and Political Integration in Britain, in 1998. She is currently studying the political dynamics of European integration in the United Kingdom.
Charles H. Blake is professor of political science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he teaches comparative politics, comparative public policy, and research methods. His research on the political economy of upper-income and middle-income societies has been published in a variety of journals including Comparative Political Studies, Democratization, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, among others. The second edition of his Politics in Latin America: The Quests for Development, Liberty, and Governance will be published in 2008.