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Learning from Abroad: The Role of Policy Transfer in Contemporary Policy‐Making
David P. Dolowitz,David Marsh +1 more
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In recent years, there has been a growing body of literature within political science and international studies that directly and indirectly uses, discusses and analyzes the processes involved in lesson-drawing, policy convergence, policy diffusion and policy transfer as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
In recent years there has been a growing body of literature within political science and international studies that directly and indirectly uses, discusses and analyzes the processes involved in lesson-drawing, policy convergence, policy diffusion and policy transfer. While the terminology and focus often vary, all of these studies are concerned with a similar process in which knowledge about policies, administrative arrangements, institutions and ideas in one political setting (past or present) is used in the development of policies, administrative arrangements, institutions and ideas in another political setting.
Given that this is a growing phenomenon, it is something that anyone studying public policy needs to consider. As such, this article is divided into four major sections. The first section briefly considers the extent of, and reasons for, the growth of policy transfer. The second section then outlines a framework for the analysis of transfer. From here a third section presents a continuum for distinguishing between different types of policy transfer. Finally, the last section addresses the relationship between policy transfer and policy “failure.”read more
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The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)
Paul DiMaggio,Walter W. Powell +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them, and describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative.
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The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Capitalism
TL;DR: The authors analyzes the rise and diffusion of regulatory capitalism and suggests that change in the governance of capitalist economy is best captured by reference to a new division of labor between state and society (e.g., privatization), an increase in delegation, proliferation of new technologies of regulation, formalization of interinstitutional and intrainstitutional arrangements of regulation and growth in the influence of experts in general, and of international networks of experts.
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Introduction: The International Diffusion of Liberalism
TL;DR: In a recent symposium on the diffusion of liberal policies and politics as mentioned in this paper, four distinct theories to explain how the prior choices of some countries and inter-national actors affect the subsequent behavior of others: coercion, competition, learn ing, and emulation.
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Policy Entrepreneurship and Policy Change
Michael Mintrom,Phillipa Norman +1 more
TL;DR: The concept of policy entrepreneurship has been used extensively in the literature to explain the dynamics of public policy change as discussed by the authors, and the role played by specific advocates of policy change has been frequently noted.
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Transfer agents and global networks in the 'transnationalization' of policy
TL;DR: In this article, the role of international actors in policy/knowledge transfer processes is discussed, and a dynamic for the transnationalization of policy results is suggested, where non-state actors play a more prominent role.
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The iron cage revisited institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields
Paul DiMaggio,Walter W. Powell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them, and describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative.
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The Science of "Muddling Through"
TL;DR: Lindblom, C.E. as mentioned in this paper discussed the science of "muddling through" in the context of monetary policy. But he did not consider monetary policy with respect to inflation.
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The science of muddling through
TL;DR: Lindblom, C.E. as mentioned in this paper discussed the science of "muddling through" in the context of monetary policy. But he did not consider monetary policy with respect to inflation.
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Who Learns What from Whom: a Review of the Policy Transfer Literature
David P. Dolowitz,David Marsh +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the literature on policy transfer can be found in this paper, where the authors focus on the transfer of specific policies as a result of strategic decisions taken by actors inside and outside government.
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What is Lesson-Drawing?
TL;DR: Lesson-drawing addresses the question: under what circumstances and to what extent can a programme that is effective in one place transfer to another? as mentioned in this paper describes the stimulus to search as dissatisfaction with the status quo.