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Democratic laboratories :The politics of innovation in the American states.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Democratic laboratories :
Reminder of title:	The politics of innovation in the American states.
Author:	Karch, Andrew Jonathan.
Description:	260 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Theda Skocpol.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-09, Section: A, page: 3459.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-09A.
Subject:	Political Science, General.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3106655
ISBN:	0496542206

Democratic laboratories :The politics of innovation in the American states.
Karch, Andrew Jonathan.

Democratic laboratories :The politics of innovation in the American states. [electronic resource] - 260 p.

Adviser: Theda Skocpol.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2003.

For the past two decades, a growing number of public policy decisions have been made in the American states. State lawmakers have created many new programs. This dissertation examines the emergence and spread of five recent innovations in welfare and health care policy. It combines nationwide data on the adoption of these innovations with an intensive examination of these programs in Massachusetts, Oregon, and Virginia. Its combination of quantitative and qualitative research techniques specifies the political processes through which policy innovations diffuse across the states. Policy diffusion consists of four distinct processes: agenda setting, information generation, customization, and enactment. Distinguishing among these processes enables us to understand how different actors and groups contribute to policy diffusion.

ISBN: 0496542206Subjects--Topical Terms:

212408
Political Science, General.

Democratic laboratories :The politics of innovation in the American states.
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520 # $a For the past two decades, a growing number of public policy decisions have been made in the American states. State lawmakers have created many new programs. This dissertation examines the emergence and spread of five recent innovations in welfare and health care policy. It combines nationwide data on the adoption of these innovations with an intensive examination of these programs in Massachusetts, Oregon, and Virginia. Its combination of quantitative and qualitative research techniques specifies the political processes through which policy innovations diffuse across the states. Policy diffusion consists of four distinct processes: agenda setting, information generation, customization, and enactment. Distinguishing among these processes enables us to understand how different actors and groups contribute to policy diffusion.
520 # $a The first process is agenda setting. State political agendas overlap significantly, and state officials consider the same programs nearly simultaneously. The impact of federal developments explains this overlap. Federal activity provides money, enhances the legitimacy, and heightens the political salience of policy innovations. Information generation is the second process involved in policy diffusion. Professional associations and national organizations serve as information clearinghouses, providing comparative information about new programs in states across the country. They utilize a variety of tools to disseminate this information to state officials. They host conferences that bring together state policymakers, and they produce publications that feature policy-relevant information.
520 # $a The influence of intrastate actors exceeds that of national actors during the customization and enactment processes. Intrastate interest groups are very important during customization. Their activities alter the structure of a policy innovation that has been imported from other jurisdictions. Innovative programs take on a variety of forms due to differences in the strength, strategies, and priorities of intrastate groups. During the enactment process, the most influential actors hold institutionally critical posts within the legislative or executive branch. The enactment of a policy innovation can usually be traced to the active support of institutionally critical individuals such as governors and legislative leaders.
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