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| Mechanism-based thinking on policy diffusion Heinze, Torben |
| Haupttitel | Mechanism-based thinking on policy diffusion |
| Titelzusatz | a review of current approaches in political science |
| Autor | Heinze, Torben |
| Seitenzahl | 32 S. |
| Schriftenreihe | Working paper / KFG, The Tranformative Power of Europe ; 34 |
| URL des Originaldokuments | URL >> |
| Fachbereich/Einrichtung | FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften |
| Arbeitsbereich/Institut | Kolleg Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe" |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2011 |
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| DDC | 320 Politik |
| Dokumententyp/-Sammlungen | Monographie/Text |
| Medientyp/Format | Text |
| Abstract | Despite theoretical and methodological progress in what is now coined as the third generation of diffusion studies, explicitly dealing with the causal mechanisms underlying diffusion processes and comparatively analyzing them is only of recent date. As a matter of fact, diffusion research has ended up in a diverse and often unconnected array of theoretical assumptions relying both on rational as well as constructivist reasoning – a circumstance calling for more theoretical coherence and consistency. Against this backdrop, this paper reviews and streamlines diffusion literature in political science. Diffusion mechanisms largely cluster around two causal arguments determining the desires and preferences of actors for choosing alternative policies. First, existing diffusion mechanisms accounts can be grouped according to the rationality for policy adoption, this means that government behavior is based on the instrumental considerations of actors or on constructivist arguments like norms and rule-driven actors. Second, diffusion mechanisms can either directly impact on the beliefs of actors or they might influence the structural conditions for decision-making. Following this logic, four basic diffusion mechanisms can be identified in mechanism-based thinking on policy diffusion: emulation, socialization, learning, and externalities. |
| Inhalt | 1. Introduction 5 2. Differences and Intersections in Mechanism-Based Thinking on Policy Diffusion 7 2.1 Constructivist and Rationalist Thinking 9 2.2 Explanations Based on Changes in Structures and/or Agency 10 2.3 Four Concepts of Diffusion Mechanisms 11 3. Pathways of Policy Diffusion 14 3.1 Conceptualizing Learning 14 3.2 Conceptualizing Externalities 17 3.3 Conceptualizing Socialization 19 3.4 Conceptualizing Emulation 21 4. Concluding Remarks 23 Literature 27 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Rechte | Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| Statische URL | http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/receive/FUDOCS_document_000000012766 |
| Erstellt am | 19.01.2012 - 13:35:58 |
| Letzte Änderung | 13.04.2012 - 16:34:52 |
