14th JCPA and ICPA-Forum Workshop
PROGRAMME
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, School of Government
August 7–9 2016
Transferable Learning:
Advances in Comparative Methodologies and Practices
Convenors:
Amanda Wolf, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
Karen Baehler, School of Public Affairs, American University
WORKSHOP VENUE: RUTHERFORD HOUSE, VUW PIPITEA CAMPUS
Sunday, August 8
4:00 – 7:00 Opening Reception, Clyde Quay Wharf, Wellington
Reception Co-hosts:
Prof Iris Geva-May (JCPA Editor-in-chief and ICPA-Forum President, School of Public
Affairs, Baruch College at City University of New York)
Prof Claudia Scott (Professor of Public Policy, School of Government, Victoria
University of Wellington)
We are pleased to acknowledge the sponsorship of the reception by the Journal of
Comparative Policy Analysis, Routledge, UK and the International Comparative Policy
Analysis Forum (ICPA-Forum) scholarly society.
Monday, August 8, Level 12 Boardroom, Rutherford House
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome and Introduction to the workshop
Amanda Wolf (Victoria University) and Karen Baehler (American University)
9:40 – 10:00 Comparative policy studies: Its trajectory, the development of the field and the focus of
the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
Iris Geva-May (JCPA Editor-in-chief)
10:00 – 11:30 Amanda Wood (University of Auckland) and Tim Tenbensel (University of Auckland)
A framework for lesson-drawing in a comparative policy analysis of front-of-pack
labelling
Discussants:
Claudia Scott (Victoria University of Wellington)
Mary Collins (Boston University)
11:30 – 12:00 Morning tea
12:00 – 1:30 Mary Elizabeth Collins (Boston University)
Comparative analysis of state policy-making in child welfare: Differentiating symbolic
versus substantive change
Discussants:
Karen Baehler (American University)
Fred Lazin (Ben Gurion University and New York University)
1:30 – 2:30 Lunch
2:30 – 4:00 Pablo Sanabria (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia) and Laura Langbein
(American University)
Who gets bribed? Social capital and street-level corruption in Latin America
Discussants:
Nadia Rubaii (Binghampton University)
Joseph Berechman (City College of New York)
4:00 – 4:15 Afternoon tea
4:15 – 5:30 Youlang Zhang (Texas A&M University) and Xufeng Zhu (Tsinghua University)
Policy autonomy and horizontal policy diffusion across subnational governments: A
general theory
Discussants:
Iris Geva-May (Baruch College at City University of New York)
Claudia Scott (Victoria University)
5:30 – 7:00 Wellington activity, TBC
Tuesday, August 9, Level 12 Boardroom, Rutherford House
9:30 – 11:00 Kate Crowley (University of Tasmania) and Aki Nakamura (Meiji University and University
of Tasmania)
Comparative climate policy analysis: Constructing and measuring regional climate
leadership in the East Asia Pacific
Discussants:
Elizabeth Eppel (Victoria University of Wellington)
Amanda Wolf (Victoria University of Wellington)
11:00 – 11:30 Morning tea
11:30 – 1:00 Karen Baehler (American University)
Amanda Wolf (Victoria University of Wellington)
Toward better policy transfer from the single case study: An illustration from
freshwater resource governance
Discussants:
Tim Tenbensel (University of Auckland)
Leslie Pal (Carleton University)
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Elizabeth Eppel (Victoria University of Wellington) and Jackie Dingfelder (Ian Axford
fellow)
Towards a comparative study: Two personal narratives of integrated water
management comparative research
Discussants
Nadia Rubaii (Binghampton University)
Kate Crowley (University of Tasmania)
3:30 – 4:00 Workshop close
Iris Geva-May (JCPA Editor-in-chief)
Leslie Pal, (Carleton University, JCPA Special Issues Editor)
Amanda Wolf (Victoria University of Wellington), workshop co-convenor
Karen Baehler (American University), workshop co-convenor
4:00 – 4:15 Afternoon tea
4:15 – 5:00 Meeting: JCPA Board members and friends
7:00 Dinner and Awards Presentation for JCPA best paper, Venue TBC