POLICY sciences, COMPARATIVE studies, CONFLICT of laws, BOOKS & reading
Abstract
The article presents information about the book "The Comparative History of Public Policy," by Francis G. Castles. The book examines the evolution of public policy in eight different countries. There are interpretations of national welfare systems by national experts. There is also an argument about comparative public policy. Castles claims that the way ahead is to examine what is distinctive about particular countries' policy developments and contributors of papers were invited to stress distinctiveness.
The article reviews the book "The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State," edited by Francis G. Castles, Stephan Leibfried, Jane Lewis, Herbert Obinger and Christopher Pierson.