Part One: Introduction;

Part Two: Stability and Change;

Introduction;

How policies change? Clean air policy in France and Greece ~ Chloe A. Vlassopoulos;

When a Solution becomes the Problem: Policy Reversals in Korea and Japan ~ Gyu-Jin Hwang;

Stability with Change: Work-Family Balance Policies in Taiwan ~ Pei-Yuen Tsai;

Understanding the Political Context of Nuclear Energy Policy Change in Sweden ~ Daniel Nohrstedt;

Part Three: Agenda Setting;

Introduction;

Agenda Setting in a Parliamentary Federation: Universal Medicare in Canada ~ Gregory P. Marchildon;

Flood Mitigation Policy in the United States ~ Kristin O’Donovan;

Focusing events, priority problems and governance arrangements: Regulatory reforms in health and eldercare sector in Sweden and Japan ~ Naonori Kodate;

The evolution of gender equality policy in New Zealand ~ Jennifer Curtin;

Part Four: Policy Formulation;

Introduction;

Canadian Disability Policy Formulation: Social Movement Preferences and Federal Government;

Choices of Instrument Design ~ Michael J. Prince;

Defining Ecological Restoration Policy in Sweden ~ Anna Zachrisson and Katarina Eckerberg;

The role of local actors in water and flood management in France: between policy formulation and policy implementation ~ Corinne Larrue and Marie Fournier;

Think tanks and policy networks in English education ~ Sonia Exley;

Part Five: Implementation;

Introduction;

Agency Preferences and Political Conflict: Policy Implementation in the Netherlands ~ René Torenvlied;

Local histories and local sensemaking: a case of policy implementation in the English National Health Service ~ Anna Coleman, Kath Checkland, and Stephen Harrison;

Implementation of the structural development policy of Finnish higher education ~ Turo Virtanen;

Part Six: Governance and globalism;

Introduction;

Minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland ~ Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi and Katherine E Smith;

The role of national and international policy actors and influences in crisis times: the case of Ireland ~ Mairéad Considine and Fiona Dukelow;

Policy responses to climate change in Australia: contestation, complexity and uncertainty ~ Paul Burton;

Cross border healthcare in the European Union; EU governance and national responses in healthcare ~ Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen and Nikolay Vasev.