TY - JOUR
T1 - Emerging issues and future directions in state policy diffusion research
AU - Karch, Andrew
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This article analyzes existing scholarship on the diffusion of public policies among the American states, focusing on recent developments in this line of research and suggesting several potential avenues for future work. The analysis is organized around three fundamental questions. First, why does policy diffusion occur? Answering this question will require scholars to devote more attention to concepts such as imitation, emulation, and competition. Second, which political forces facilitate or impede policy diffusion? Answering this question will require scholars to devote more attention to the causal mechanisms at work when states adopt policies like those of other states. Third, what is being diffused? Answering this question will require scholars to think more carefully about the content of public policy, both as an outcome to be explained and as a factor that itself affects the diffusion process.
AB - This article analyzes existing scholarship on the diffusion of public policies among the American states, focusing on recent developments in this line of research and suggesting several potential avenues for future work. The analysis is organized around three fundamental questions. First, why does policy diffusion occur? Answering this question will require scholars to devote more attention to concepts such as imitation, emulation, and competition. Second, which political forces facilitate or impede policy diffusion? Answering this question will require scholars to devote more attention to the causal mechanisms at work when states adopt policies like those of other states. Third, what is being diffused? Answering this question will require scholars to think more carefully about the content of public policy, both as an outcome to be explained and as a factor that itself affects the diffusion process.
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U2 - 10.1177/153244000700700104
DO - 10.1177/153244000700700104
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:34047124682
SN - 1532-4400
VL - 7
SP - 54
EP - 80
JO - State Politics and Policy Quarterly
JF - State Politics and Policy Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -