Part I : Studying public policy from a comparative perspective -- The value and art of comparative publlic policy -- What nations and what policies to study? -- Part II : The nations -- Brazil -- Federal Republic of Germany -- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -- Japan -- Sweden -- The United States of America -- Part III : Policy sectors -- Social welfare policy: a safety net or a crutch? -- Health care: a right or a privilege? -- Education policy: private or public? -- Environemtal policy: to regulate or not? -- Part IV : Putting the pieces together : Similarities and dirrerences across nations -- Are nations similar or not? -- Discernable patterns

1. Policy sciences -- Case studies
2. Political planning -- Case studies
3. Comparative government -- Case studies