LIST OF PANELS

Traditionally public policy analysis has been producing concepts, methods and theories considering phenomena that occur inside State jurisdictions. However, with the increase of globalization, international learning processes among governments and practices of formal and informal cooperation to address solutions to public problems, required new analytical tools to capture the reality of "public policies beyond the state" (Moloney and Stone, 2019). In fact, an important part of contemporary public policy-making includes both international and domestic logics, as processes of transnational transfer (Dolowitz and Marsh, 2000; Hadjiisky et al., 2017; Stone et al., 2019), global agenda setting (as the New Urban Agenda, 2030 Agenda or the Paris Agreement), the implementation of sectoral programs of international organizations as the World Bank and United Nations Specialized Agencies, development cooperation assistance carried by different types of donors, city networks actions, among others. 

The coronavirus global pandemic made the connection between the national and the international even more flagrant. Certainly the pandemic represented a pathbreaking event in public policy-making and policy analysis. A few dimensions of this reality are worth noting: 

- The tension between single countries' responses to fight against Covid-19 and the global recommendation of international organizations such as the World Health Organization, as well as other sectoral institutions. This complexity also was extended to subnational governments, where in certain countries, as Brazil for example, were fighting the pandemic by their own means.
 

- The dimension of “cooperation and competition” among governments using their policies to show off and distinguish from others, as shows examples in Latin American countries (Chile and Argentina). In addition, international and regional organizations are living a critical moment. The World Health Organization has been under attack for its actions by countries such as the United States. The European Union dealt with the pandemic during a fragmentation crisis and Latin American organizations were discredited and had a very limited role during the pandemic, as Unasur and Prosur. 
 

- It is also possible to observe various processes of translation of the same type of policies. If basic income became a worldwide response to tackle social and economic issues during the pandemic, countries have designed very diverse alternatives to deliver cash transfer, food or other supplies  to families. 
 

- Paradoxically if states globalizations made states strictly intertwined, policy transfer coordination to address responses to the global pandemic seemed to be low and disorganized. 
 

- Under circumstances where meetings, summits, workshops, etc. became impossible due to social distancing, Zoom-diplomacy arose and transnational policy transfers and learning became “indirect”, rather than using direct strategies of transmissions. 
 

An ensemble of questions are important to be addressed in order to understand contemporary policies beyond the states: What are the practices, means and dynamics of formal and informal international cooperation in the production of public policies? What is the role of policy transfer in international public policy-making? Why and in which ways policies are translated from one context to another? How international and global coordination is performed and what is its impact on public policy-making?

Traditionally public policy analysis has been producing concepts, methods and theories considering phenomena that occur inside State jurisdictions. However, with the increase of globalization, international learning processes among governments and practices of formal and informal cooperation to address solutions to public problems, required new analytical tools to capture the reality of "public policies beyond the state" (Moloney and Stone, 2019). In fact, an important part of contemporary public policy-making includes both international and domestic logics, as processes of transnational transfer (Dolowitz and Marsh, 2000; Hadjiisky et al., 2017; Stone et al., 2019), global agenda setting, the implementation of sectoral programs of international organizations and development cooperation assistance. 

The coronavirus global pandemic made the connection between the national and the international even more flagrant. Certainly the pandemic represented a pathbreaking event in public policy-making and policy analysis. For instance, it highlights the tension between single countries' responses to fight against Covid-19 and the global recommendations and also a dimension of “cooperation and competition” among governments. In addition, under the new circumstances, transnational policy transfers and learning became “indirect”, rather than using direct strategies of transmissions. 

A few questions are important to be addressed in order to understand contemporary policies beyond the states: What are the practices, means and dynamics of formal and informal international cooperation in the production of public policies? What is the role of policy transfer in international public policy-making? Why and in which ways policies are translated from one context to another? How international and global coordination is performed and what is its impact on public policy-making?

The aim of this panel is to advance knowledge about international, transnational and global policies. This panel welcomes empirical, conceptual and theoretical papers addressing issues related to policies beyond borders, that occurred before and during the pandemic.