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Editorial Introduction to the First Issue of
European Policy Analysis (EPA)
he editors are proud to present the first issue of European Policy Analysis (EPA) under the aegis of the Policy Studies Organization. It is a double blind peer-reviewed
journal on policy research with an emphasis on European countries, issues and
studies (and/or) which follows a comparative approach (and/or) which contributes to the
theoretical understanding of policy research. EPA invites original papers, quality articles
and book reviews that fall within its scope. We are also interested in survey articles that
present the European state-of-the–art for major theoretical or practical concepts of policy
analysis such as “Institutions”, “Policy Learning”, “Evaluation”, “Policy Advice”, “Advocacy
Coalition Framework in the European Context”, “Multiple Streams Approach in the European Context”, “Punctuated Equilibrium Theory in the European Context”, “Programmatic Actors”, “Actor-centered Institutionalism”, “Multi-Level Policy-Making in the European
Context” and other similar contributions. We also invite overviews on regional perspectives on public policy in Europe ranging from country reports (e.g. “Policy Analysis in
France”, “Policy Analysis in Russia”, “Policy Analysis in Slovenia”) to regional ones (e.g.,
“Policy Analysis in the Baltic Countries”) and similar contributions.
EPA invites guest editors for special issues. It appears twice a year, in January and in September. There will be three formats: online, as an e-book, and a print version.
Please visit European Policy Analysis (EPA) online at www.ipsonet.org for submission
guidelines, announcements, free sample issues, recent articles published, and more. If you
are interested in publishing a paper or serving as a guest editor for a special issue please
contact the editors:
Nils Bandelow, University of Braunschweig, Germany (nils.bandelow[at]tu-braunschweig.de),
Fritz Sager, University of Bern, Switzerland (fritz.sager[at]kpm.unibe.ch),
Klaus Schubert, University of Muenster, Germany (klaus.schubert[at]uni-muenster.de).
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