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**** Sorry for cross-posting **** T02P07 - Comparing Horizontal Coordination of Policy Sectors Chairs - Philipp Trein, Université de Lausanne - Tanja Klenk, University of Potsdam Discussant: Nahrath, Stéphane Université de Lausanne Coordination problems have been a recurrent issue in the study of public policy. Particularly, cross-sectorial coordination has become ever more pressing due to ongoing specialization of public policies in more and more sectors. To efficiently respond to complex policy problems, researchers and policymakers have coined concepts such as whole of government, joined-up government, or horizontal governance. At the same time, analytically, field concepts have gained in importance for the analysis of public policies, referring to overlapping sub systems, boundary-spanning policy regimes, or functional regulatory spaces. However, whereas the body of conceptual frames and terms for the analysis of coordination of policy sectors is vast, comparative empirical research of this problem is scarce, especially the comparison between countries. Therefore, this panel invites papers that focus on the coordination of policy sectors, particularly if they pursue comparative empirical analysis, either with regard to certain issues in one country or in different countries. Successful papers conduct research on the relation of these policy sectors from a comparative perspective, posing questions such as: What differences with respect to typical instruments or mechanisms of policy sectorial coordination can be observed and how can we explain them? How do relations between policy sectors differ with regard to conflict-intensity and what are the politics of coordination? Consequently, this panel contributes to a better understanding of the coordination patterns in public policy, by sharpening our understanding of sectorial relations in policy and politics through cross-sectorial empirical studies. Link: http://www.icpublicpolicy.org/conference/article/article.php?conference=2&article=81 Kind regards, Philipp Philipp Trein University of Lausanne IEPI Quartier UNIL-Mouline Bâtiment Géopolis 4150 CH - 1015 Lausanne Tel. ++41 21 692 32 03 Secr. ++41 21 692 31 40 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Web-Site Institut: http://www.unil.ch/iepi