This chapter reviews the dominant theories of government innovation in the public policy
literature. It shows that these theories borrow heavily from others developed to explain …

As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the price Over
the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally …

The idea that policy makers in different states or countries may learn from one another has
fascinated scholars for a long time, but little systematic evidence has been produced so far …

The transmission of ideas, information, and resources forms the core of many issues studied
in political science, including collective action, cooperation, and development. While these …

Abstract Since the New Public Management movement began, public and nonprofit
organizations have been adopting and adapting businesslike practices, including branding …

The international environmental community and many donor countries have encouraged
developing countries to adopt renewable energy (RE) policies that will encourage low …

Scholars have suggested that interest groups affect the diffusion of innovations across states
by creating a network of information between the states that aids in the spread of policy …

Policy learning has been one of the primary mechanisms by which policy innovations are
assumed to diffuse from one jurisdiction to another. Recent research suggests, however, that …

An increased interest in policy diffusion research on China has emerged in recent years.
However, the multiple diffusion mechanisms in China have not been explored adequately. In …

The implementation and the diffusion of environmental policy is a hotspot in European
ecosystem management. Policy diffusion meets the need of the harmonization principle in …