Editors' Notes

Readers (and potential authors) should also note the international focus of the contributions, such as a comparative study across countries that relate electoral systems and policy innovation as well as an analysis of convergence and divergence in preferences about foreign policy between the United States and Mexico. Most important, readers will find in all articles a dedication to the advancement of public policy scholarship through the development and testing of frameworks, theories, and models, among them the advocacy coalition framework, social construction and target populations, and the diffusion of policy innovations.