Giliberto Capano (Italy)

Giliberto Capano is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science of Bologna University. He has been (2003-2009) the Dean of Bologna University’s II Faculty of Political Science (located on the Forlì campus). He is a member of the Steering Committee of the ECPR Standing Group on Theoretical Perspectives in Policy Analysis. He was previously the co-editor of the Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche (Italian Public Policy Journal) and he is co-editor of Policy & Society  (published by Elsevier). His main research interests are: theories of public policy, higher education policy, legislative behaviour, public administration reforms, and the policy-making role of interests’ groups.

He has published five monographical studies and edited seven books in Italian, while his work in English has been published in several books and in journals such as: Higher Education, European Political Science, Journal of Legislative Studies, Public Administration, Southern European Society and Politics, Higher Education Policy, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. His last book is European and North American Policy Change: Drivers and dynamics (co-edited with Michael Howlett, Routledge, 2009).

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