The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and 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 that:

1. Contribute to comparative theory development;
2. Present theory-based empirical research;
3. Offer comparative evaluations of research methods;
4. Derive the practice implications of theory-based research;
5. Use conceptual heuristics to interpret practice;
6. Draw lessons based on circumstances in which the domains compared have certain manipulable policy, program or institutional variables in common.

Published five times per year, 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. 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. Please visit our Call for Papers at www.jcpa.ca/icpaf/calls

All manuscripts are reviewed through the standard, double blind referee procedure and are subject to the review of the advisory board. The journal commits itself to a timely response. Authors are invited to use the www.jcpa.ca/ site to submit papers electronically and also to become members of the International Comparative Policy Analysis-Forum (ICPA-Forum) and join in promoting comparative policy analysis studies.

The JCPA is supported by a grant from the Office of Research Services and VP Research, Simon Fraser University.

Gold Sponsors:

• Bocconi University, School of Public Administration, Italy
• City College of New York - City University of New York:
• The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies
• The Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service
• Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Public Administration, The Netherlands
• Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, US
• Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK
• National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
• NYU, The Wagner School of Public Service, US
• São Paulo Business School FGV-EAESP
• Simon Fraser University, Graduate Public Policy Program and Segal Business School, Canada
• University of Sydney, Department of Government and International Relations, Australia
• University of British Columbia, the Sauder School of Business, Canada
• University of Pittsburgh, GSPIA and Political Science, US
• University of Victoria, School of Public Administration, Canada
• University of Washington, Department of Political Science, US
• Victoria University of Wellington, School of Government, New Zealand
• Yale University, Yale School of Management, US
• University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning, and Development

Silver Sponsors:

• American University, School of Public Affairs, US
• Association for Canadian Studies, Canada
• Australian National University, Department of Political Science and ANZNOG, Australia
• Baruch College - City University of New York: School of Public Affairs
• Carleton University, School of Public Policy and Administration, Canada
• Charles University, CESES, The Czech Republic
• Central European University, Centre for Policy Studies MPP Program, Hungary
• Corvinus University, Department of Public Policy and Management, Hungary
• Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Política Pública, ITESM, Mexico
• Florida International University, Department of Public Administration
• Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany
• Higher School of Economics, School of Public Administration, Moscow, Russia
• Kansai University, Faculty of Policy Studies, Japan
• KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Korea
• Queen's University, School of Policy Studies, Canada
• Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, US
• Shih Hsin University, Department of Public Policy & Management, Taiwan
• Syracuse University, The Maxwell School, US
• Tel Aviv University, Department of Public Policy
• University of Aarhus, Department of Political Science, Denmark
• UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy, US
• University of Colorado at Denver, Graduate School of Public Affairs, US
• University of Costa Rica, Doctoral Program in Government and Public Policy
• University of Hong Kong, School of Urban Planning and Management, Hong Kong
• University of Madison-Wisconsin, the La Follette School of Public Affairs, US
• Willamette University, Center for Governance & Public Policy Rescearch, Salem, OR, US