Provides a detailed examination of policy change with European and American case studies on welfare reform, education reform, the World Bank, tobacco control policy, energy policy, agricultural policy, pension reform and the impact of public opinion.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction: The Multidimensional World of Policy Dynamics Part 2: Evaluating Existing Frameworks and Models: Empirical Tests of Multiple Models 2. Explaining the Policy Impact of the 1991 and the 2000 Firework Blasts in the Netherlands by the Core of Five Policy Change Models 3. Policy Flexibility vs. Policy Inertia: Coalitional Dynamics in German Pension Reform Part 3: International Drivers of Policy Change 4. Tobacco Control Policy in Western Europe: A Case of Protracted Paradigm Change 5. Internationalization and Policy Paradigm Change: The Case of Agriculture 6. Policy Change: The Case of World Bank and Pension Reforms Part 4: Domestic Drivers of Policy Change 7. The Influence of Public Opinion on Policy Dynamics: Party and Policy Responsiveness in the European Union 8. Pension Reforms in Italy and US: Policy Change Through Political and Institutionalized Policy 'Gates' 9. Ideational Leadership and Structural Policy Change: Comparing German Welfare State Reforms 10. Going with the Flow: Policy Leadership, U .S. Energy Paradigm Shift and Policy Displacement from 1975 to 2006 Part 5: Conclusion 11. Conclusion: A Research Agenda for Policy Dynamics

Giliberto Capano is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Bologna, Forlì Campus. He specializes in public policy analysis, Italian legislative behaviour, public administration, and comparative higher education.

Michael Howlett is Burnaby Mountain Professor in the Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He specializes in public policy analysis, Canadian political economy, and resource and environmental policy.