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JCPA—ICPA-Forum Spring 2019 Newsletter

JCPA & ICPA-Forum Newsletter | Spring 2019
What's New with the JCPA & ICPA-Forum
Message From The President And Editor-in-Chief

The  Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis  celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2018 & continues in 2019. Below you will find recent announcements, new publications, celebratory activities that we will continue to have in  2019 . We invite you to celebrate with us and we welcome your initiatives.

Professor Iris Geva-May  and  the JCPA & ICPA-Forum Scholarly Society Team
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Volume 21:1 and 21:2 are Out Now!
The JCPA experienced an 83% Impact Factor Increased in 2017! The JCPA's Impact Factor jumped to 1.862 from 1.017 in 2016!

]This also moves the  Journal  up in ranking on the  6th  place among policy journals in the Public Administration category.
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New Institutional Partnership!
Chiang Mai University, School of Public Policy

The JCPA and ICPA-Forum is pleased to announce a new Institutional Partnership with Chiang Mai University, School of Public Policy , Thailand, facilitated by Prof. Ora-orn Poocharoen , Director of the School of Public Policy.
Upcoming 20th Anniversary Workshops in Conjunction with International Partner Associations
2019-2020 Events on the Horizon


Pre-Conference Workshop


September 2019
18 th JCPA and ICPA-Forum Workshop – Koç University , Istanbul, Turkey

November 2019
Pre-Conference Workshop
New JCPA & ICPA Leadership:
Associate Director of ICPA-Forum International Partnerships, Membership & Media
Dr. Athanassios Gouglas, University of Exeter 
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Politics - Public Policy 
University of Exeter 
Dr. Gouglas is a lecturer in politics and public policy. His research and teaching falls within the fields of comparative politics, comparative public policy, European and global governance. He teaches the only, fully dedicated course on political advisers in the world at Exeter and he is the Convenor of the new MSc in Global Governance, to be launched in September 2019. 

Dr. Gouglas' research focuses on political elites, legislative studies, political and policy advice and policy advisory systems. His approach is internationally comparative, the main areas of coverage being mainly, but not exclusively, Europe and the European Union.
The INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POLICY ANALYSIS (ILPA) 2013-2020, Policy Press, UK, is edited by JCPA Co-editors Iris Geva-May and Michael Howlett

Edited by Caner Bakir and Günes Ertan
This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the state of policy analysis in Turkey for an international audience. It will be a valuable resource for those studying policy analysis within Turkey and as a comparison with other volumes in the International Library of Policy Analysis Series.


Policy analysis in Canada brings together original contributions from many of the field’s leading scholars. Contributors chronicle the evolution of policy analysis in Canada over the past 50 years and reflect on its application in both governmental and non-governmental settings.


Edited by John A. Hird
Policy Analysis in the United States brings together contributions from some of the world’s leading scholars and practitioners of public policy analysis including Beryl Radin, David Weimer, Rebecca Maynard, Laurence Lynn, and Guy Peters.


Policy analysis in France lays the foundation for a more systematic understanding of policy analysis in the country. In doing so, the volume discusses the role of the State and its restructuring, processes of government and governance, and State-Society relationships and policies as both a process and an outcome.
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