Comparing Public Policies Issues and Choices in Industrial Countries

Jessica R. Adolino is professor of political science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she teaches courses on comparative politics, European politics, and international affairs. She also serves as associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters. Her research interests primarily lie in the areas of British politics and comparative public policy. She published an extensive study of immigration and ethnic politics, Ethnic Minorities, Electoral Politics and Political Integration in Britain, in 1998. Charles H. Blake is professor and chair of political science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he teaches comparative politics, comparative public policy, and research methods. His research on the political economy of upper-income and middle-income societies has been published in a variety of journals, including Comparative Political Studies, Democratization, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, among others. He is also the author of Politics in Latin America: The Quests for Development, Liberty, and Governance and coeditor (with Stephen D. Morris) of Corruption and Democracy in Latin America.Blake, Charles is the author of 'Comparing Public Policies Issues and Choices in Industrial Countries', published 2007 under ISBN 9781933116785 and ISBN 1933116781.