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Georgia Tech
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Zhou, Shan.
Three essays on clean energy technology diffusion and policy innovations.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2016, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58622 
► This thesis is motivated by the challenges and opportunities the energy sector faces as a result of climate change. Traditional power generation based on fossil-fuel…
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▼ This thesis is motivated by the challenges and opportunities the energy sector faces as a result of climate change. Traditional power generation based on fossil-fuel use has contributed significantly to the historic increase of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. While low-carbon energy technology is often regarded as a key solution to climate change mitigation, the successful transformation to a clean energy economy requires a solid scientific understanding of the technological change process and the role of public policies. The ultimate goal of this thesis is to examine the interplay between technology and
policy to support the design and implementation of effective
policy practices for the scaling up of clean energy technologies. It investigates the
diffusion mechanisms underlying both technology and
policy innovations in the energy infrastructure system, focusing on smart grid and renewable energy technologies. In this thesis, quantitative and qualitative methods are integrated to evaluate the role of public policies in smart metering technology
diffusion. In particular, I collect and analyze market penetration data for 50 U.S. states and D.C. between 2007 and 2012 to assess the effectiveness of government interventions in driving smart metering technological change. I also conduct a comparative case study to investigate how the design of policies and the subsequent
policy processes have led to the cross-national variation in smart meter deployment in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. My study has shown that polycentric energy governance, particularly the interdependencies between different government actions, plays an important role in smart meter deployment in the U.S. context, whereas a coherent
policy framework that addresses institutional, financial, and social barriers is proven to be more effective in promoting smart meters in the cases of five European countries. To further explore the driving forces of clean energy
policy adoption, I apply logit event history analysis models and stratified Cox conditional gap time models to investigate determinants for the adoption of five types of renewable energy policies by 30 European countries between 1990 and 2012. The results show that initial renewable energy
policy spread across countries can be well explained by the learning and competition mechanisms, while the four
diffusion theories have largely failed to explain subsequent
policy modifications and changes. In addition to each paper’s individual contributions, the findings of this thesis collectively provide important implications for the adoption and implementation of clean energy technologies and policies to enhance the sustainability of the electric grid system.
Advisors/Committee Members: Brown, Marilyn (advisor), Matisoff, Daniel (committee member), Kingsley, Gordon (committee member), Thomas, Valerie (committee member), Johnson, Erik (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Clean energy technology diffusion; Policy diffusion; Smart grid
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Zhou, S. (2016). Three essays on clean energy technology diffusion and policy innovations. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58622
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Zhou, Shan. “Three essays on clean energy technology diffusion and policy innovations.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58622.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zhou, Shan. “Three essays on clean energy technology diffusion and policy innovations.” 2016. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Zhou S. Three essays on clean energy technology diffusion and policy innovations. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58622.
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Zhou S. Three essays on clean energy technology diffusion and policy innovations. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58622
Penn State University
2.
Mallinson, Daniel Jacob.
Identifying and Explaining Instability in the General Model of Policy Diffusion.
Degree: 2015, Penn State University
URL: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/23871
► Policy diffusion research has deep roots in political science and continues to grow as a research program. Over the last 25 years, scholars assembled a…
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▼ Policy diffusion research has deep roots in political science and continues to grow as a research program. Over the last 25 years, scholars assembled a body of knowledge one piece at a time using event history models that focus on the adoption of a single innovation. This approach generated new knowledge about specific predictors of adoption; however it also created a fractured testing of the general model of
policy diffusion. In response, scholars recently began returning to an older approach of aggregating adoption data in order to determine the generalizability of the
policy diffusion model. This dissertation bridges the two approaches and further builds on the macro-level approach by testing the general patterns of innovation adoption while also pushing forward our understanding of the causal mechanisms underlying the process. It finds that the general model of
diffusion applies at a high level of aggregation, however there is substantial variation in its components across polices, time, and throughout the
diffusion lifecycle. It raises questions about the generality of
policy diffusion research and argues that more attention needs to be placed on identifying and explicating the variegated causal mechanisms that motivate
policy diffusion.
Advisors/Committee Members: David Lowery, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor, Peter K Hatemi, Committee Member, Michael Barth Berkman, Committee Member, Christopher Jon Zorn, Committee Member, John W Gastil, Committee Member.
Subjects/Keywords: policy diffusion; federalism; state politics; social conformity
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Mallinson, D. J. (2015). Identifying and Explaining Instability in the General Model of Policy Diffusion. (Thesis). Penn State University. Retrieved from https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/23871
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mallinson, Daniel Jacob. “Identifying and Explaining Instability in the General Model of Policy Diffusion.” 2015. Thesis, Penn State University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/23871.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mallinson, Daniel Jacob. “Identifying and Explaining Instability in the General Model of Policy Diffusion.” 2015. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Mallinson DJ. Identifying and Explaining Instability in the General Model of Policy Diffusion. [Internet] [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/23871.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Mallinson DJ. Identifying and Explaining Instability in the General Model of Policy Diffusion. [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2015. Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/23871
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Georgia
3.
Fay, Daniel Lenox.
Jumping the hurdle.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28727
► Firearm policy, same-sex marriage, labor protections and land-use policy have all been codified in state constitutions. These provisions are designed to “bind-the-hands” of future legislators…
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▼ Firearm policy, same-sex marriage, labor protections and land-use policy have all been codified in state constitutions. These provisions are designed to “bind-the-hands” of future legislators by making policy change more difficult, but
constitutional provisions can be changed through the amendment process. Every state uses constitutional amendments to influence policy, but the spread of constitutional amendments across the United States is largely overlooked in the academic literature.
This study develops a theoretical framework of state constitutional policy diffusion and implementation that separates the processes of constitutional amendment and ultimate policy adoption into two distinct events. I test this two-step theoretical model
empirically with data on state policy adoptions from 1960 to 2009 using state-sponsored lotteries as a case study. I use a mixed model of survival analysis that allows examination of the determinants of constitutional amendments and the determinants of
ultimate policy adoptions (conditional on having amended the constitution). I find that the determinants of constitutional amendments are distinct from ultimate policy adoption. Amendment decisions of states influence the policy adoption decisions of
other states suggesting that amendments diffuse. I then investigate constitutional policy implementation decisions after the amendment process. Specifically I explore whether state legislatures systematically privatize administrative agencies to reduce
costs or if they privatize because it is politically attractive. I develop a survival model of agency privatization using state data on the organization of state lottery administrations in the United States. I predict the conditions that maximize the
revenue returns to the state and assess the degree to which these revenue predictions influence the likelihood of privatization. Findings suggest that legislators do not consider the potential revenue gains and loses from privatization. Instead, state
legislators privatize administrative organizations based on political factors such as citizen ideology and program beneficiaries.
Subjects/Keywords: Policy Diffusion; Political Decision-making; Constitutions; Privatization; State policy; Public management; Policy process; Policy implementation
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Fay, D. L. (2014). Jumping the hurdle. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28727
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Fay, Daniel Lenox. “Jumping the hurdle.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28727.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Fay, Daniel Lenox. “Jumping the hurdle.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Fay DL. Jumping the hurdle. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28727.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Fay DL. Jumping the hurdle. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28727
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Georgia
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Tankersley, Holley Elizabeth.
National and state dimensions of major policy change.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23536
► The body of literature investigating why, when, and how major policy changes take place in a federal system of governance is fragmented at best. Some…
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▼ The body of literature investigating why, when, and how major policy changes take place in a federal system of governance is fragmented at best. Some scholars suggest that national policy changes are initiated by partisan realignment and
institutional change. Others identify change as a simple matter of top-down intergovernmental implementation. Studies of state politics focus rather narrowly on variation or diffusion of policies among the states. The present study both challenges and
combines these prevailing views by determining whether policies can change from the bottom up - with states as the catalyst for changes in both the direction and content of the policy agenda at the national level. The evolution of American federalism
dictates the need for scholars to reconcile national policy outcomes with theories and findings concerning state-level policy innovation and diffusion, especially as the states grow in importance and power as a consequence of devolution. If the national
government impacts state policymaking, and states influence one another to adopt similar policies, then it would stand to reason that states have a residual impact on national policy. To account for the role of the states in national policy change, this
dissertation explores the causal relationship between Ronald Reagan’s policy agenda (1981-1988) and policy adoptions in the states during the Reagan administration. In doing so, this dissertation tests the theoretical possibility that public policy
diffuses from the state to the national level, a theory that challenges the traditional depiction of policy diffusion as an exclusively top-down process. Results of event history analyses, along with Granger causal analysis based on both pooled
regression models and vector autoregression, indicate that both the relative liberalism of state policy and the extent to which states adopted policy innovations had a significant impact on Reagan’s policy liberalism and policy agenda, while presidential
influence on state policy adoptions was virtually nonexistent. These findings suggest that scholars should broaden the scope of studies of national politics to include the potential influence of states in a federal system.
Subjects/Keywords: Policy diffusion; Policy change; Policy agenda; State politics; State policy; Ronald Reagan; Presidential rhetoric
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Tankersley, H. E. (2014). National and state dimensions of major policy change. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23536
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tankersley, Holley Elizabeth. “National and state dimensions of major policy change.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23536.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tankersley, Holley Elizabeth. “National and state dimensions of major policy change.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Tankersley HE. National and state dimensions of major policy change. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23536.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Tankersley HE. National and state dimensions of major policy change. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/23536
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Texas Tech University
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Eseonu, Chinweike I.
Applying concepts from heat transfer to explain policy diffusion.
Degree: PhD, Systems and Engineering Management, 2012, Texas Tech University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2346/73872
► Public policy is no longer just a tool for good governance. It is increasingly a competitive tool given the globalized economy in which competition occurs…
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policy is no longer just a tool for good governance. It is increasingly a competitive tool given the globalized economy in which competition occurs across national boundaries. Technology
policy, like healthcare
policy, accounting, and other specialized
subject areas, is increasingly complex and requires involvement of
subject area experts.
The
policy literature highlights the need for a more sophisticated specification of the
policy process to allow effective
subject matter expert involvement. Most established approaches for explaining
policy diffusion rely primarily on historical patterns of adoption to generate scores for predicting future adoption dates. This dissertation derives a measure of ease of
policy diffusion based on the concept of heat transfer in conduction through a wall.
This approach performs a central engineering management function by identifying synthesis between physical and social systems. As the model is refined, the ability to apply laws governing heat transfer to the
policy process will provide an increasingly accurate
policy diffusion model based on an improved understanding of
policy levers. The effect on
policy design and
subject matter expert involvement in policymaking mirrors that seen in heat transfer from centuries of empirical tests on the behavior of materials as temperature is altered.
Diffusivity, defined here as the rate of change in heat level, is used as a measure of the rate of
policy change. In heat transfer, the diffusivity is a ratio of conductivity to volumetric heat capacity. Higher diffusivity implies easier thermal transfer and lower diffusivity, the reverse.
In heat transfer, conductivity measures the capacity to transfer heat across the barrier between two regions. In
policy diffusion, it is equivalent to the resources available to overcome resistance to
policy diffusion. Based on literature, institutional capacity is used as a proxy for conductivity.
Volumetric heat capacity is a measure of the capacity to resist heat transfer by absorbing heat flow through the barrier. It is the capacity to store thermal energy and resist heat transfer through the material. Based on the literature, culture is an ideal proxy for this measure.
The data on culture is, however, inconsistent and cross-sectional in comparison with other annually updated data sets. Affluence disparity, which is also discussed as a retardant to
policy diffusion, is used for the
policy diffusion model. The literature discusses the use of affluence because of the financial requirements for
policy or institutional change.
The mapping from heat transfer to
policy diffusion is conducted in two stages. The first is a conceptual map of heat transfer parameters to
policy diffusion. This is followed by empirical tests – statistical tests and graphical comparisons of the variation of each of the parameters with temperature in heat transfer, and an approximation for temperature in
policy diffusion. This approximation is made in compensation for the binary measure for the level of…
Advisors/Committee Members: Farris, Jennifer (committee member), Rugeley, Cynthia (committee member), Hsiang, Simon (committee member), Wyrick, David A. (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Policy; Engineering Management; Physical-To-Social Systems; Policy Diffusion
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Eseonu, C. I. (2012). Applying concepts from heat transfer to explain policy diffusion. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas Tech University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2346/73872
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Eseonu, Chinweike I. “Applying concepts from heat transfer to explain policy diffusion.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas Tech University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2346/73872.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Eseonu, Chinweike I. “Applying concepts from heat transfer to explain policy diffusion.” 2012. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Eseonu CI. Applying concepts from heat transfer to explain policy diffusion. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas Tech University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2346/73872.
Council of Science Editors:
Eseonu CI. Applying concepts from heat transfer to explain policy diffusion. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas Tech University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2346/73872
Colorado State University
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Mosier, Samantha L.
Examining the policy diffusion of organic food and agriculture legislation in the U.S. - the role of the states in developing organic standards.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2014, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82623
► From 1976-2010, 38 states created and passed legislation regarding the regulation of organic food and agriculture. Most legislation was passed during the time period of…
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▼ From 1976-2010, 38 states created and passed legislation regarding the regulation of organic food and agriculture. Most legislation was passed during the time period of 1985-1990, a period that ended with Congress passing the Organic Food Production Act [OFPA] in 1990. OFPA was passed to eliminate the patchwork of state and private third-party organic standards regulating the market and to maintain access to international markets by assuring U.S. standards were harmonized with key markets. Subsequently, it may have been expected that state adoption of organic policies would cease after federal action in 1990. However, many states continued to adopt and modify existing policies after the passage of OFPA. This research examines the
diffusion of organic food and agriculture legislation and dynamics of legislative refinement in the United States both prior to and after federal adoption of organic legislation. With both theoretical and applied implications to be derived, this research uses the
policy diffusion literature to examine the
diffusion of organic legislation. A mixed-methods approach is utilized to answer the central research question of why do some states adopt organic food and agriculture legislation while others do not? The quantitative portion of this research uses time-series logistical regressions to test an enhanced unified model of
policy diffusion. Time controls were used to evaluate the nationwide dynamics across several time periods. In addition, regional models were constructed for four statistically significant regions to further examine regional variations in
diffusion factors. The qualitative portion of this research consists of a comparative case study between a leader and laggard state adopters. California and Georgia were the state cases selected for analysis. The results of this analysis suggest that wealth, political culture, partisan control of state government, state vegetable production, third-party certification organizations, horizontal pressures, national-scale pressures, and salience are key explanatory factors for state adoption of organic food and agriculture legislature from 1976-2010. Per capita wealth, issue salience, and regional effects are the most robust explanatory power over the 35-year time period and for each adoption-type. Pre-1990 state adoptions were also strongly influenced by the presence of third-party certifiers and the
policy type design. Post-1990 state adoptions were additionally influenced by federal adoption and implementation, partisan control of state government, and state vegetable production. Action at the federal level, including federal adoption and implementation, did not dramatically deter state adoption or cause the repeal of state organic food and agriculture statutes. Across all time periods, certain regions remain distinctive in terms of
diffusion dynamics including the Far West, North Central, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic regions. Two case studies, California and Georgia, shed some light on how adoption of organic food and agriculture…
Advisors/Committee Members: Opp, Susan M. (advisor), Davis, Charles E. (committee member), Saunders, Kyle L. (committee member), Thilmany, Dawn D. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: innovation; organic agriculture; organic food; policy diffusion; political science; public policy
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Mosier, S. L. (2014). Examining the policy diffusion of organic food and agriculture legislation in the U.S. - the role of the states in developing organic standards. (Doctoral Dissertation). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82623
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mosier, Samantha L. “Examining the policy diffusion of organic food and agriculture legislation in the U.S. - the role of the states in developing organic standards.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Colorado State University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82623.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mosier, Samantha L. “Examining the policy diffusion of organic food and agriculture legislation in the U.S. - the role of the states in developing organic standards.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Mosier SL. Examining the policy diffusion of organic food and agriculture legislation in the U.S. - the role of the states in developing organic standards. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Colorado State University; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82623.
Council of Science Editors:
Mosier SL. Examining the policy diffusion of organic food and agriculture legislation in the U.S. - the role of the states in developing organic standards. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Colorado State University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82623
University of Edinburgh
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Rauschenberger, Emilee Ruth.
Reconstructing the emergence of Teach First : examining the role of policy entrepreneurs and networks in the process of policy transfer.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Edinburgh
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22871
► Within the disciplines of education and political science, the phenomenon of the voluntary transfer of policy ideas or practices from elsewhere, or “policy borrowing”, is…
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▼ Within the disciplines of education and political science, the phenomenon of the voluntary transfer of policy ideas or practices from elsewhere, or “policy borrowing”, is often the topic of intense debate and study. The study of policy transfer also has strong links with the field of diffusion. Scholars in these fields study cases of policy transfer to understand (1) what motives and mechanisms cause policy diffusion and transfer, and (2) how policies are adapted, or reinvented, in the process of being transferred. The majority of such studies have focused on state-to-state cases of policy transfer involving predominantly government actors. Yet, a growing but still limited number of studies have considered the ways policy entrepreneurs have initiated transfer and utilized networks to bring about and implement policy ideas taken from elsewhere. Teach First provides a unique case-study through which to investigate the role of policy entrepreneurs and networks in shaping the process of policy transfer and reinvention. Teach First launched in 2002 as a non-profit organization and innovative teacher training programme based in London. The scheme, proposed and implemented by leaders within the private sector but heavily funded by the central government, was publicly linked to the U.S. programme Teach For America (TFA). Like TFA, Teach First’s purpose was to improve the schooling of disadvantaged pupils by recruiting elite university graduates to teach for two years in under-resourced schools. My research aimed to uncover how and why this policy was first conceptualized and launched as well as how it was reinvented in the process by those individuals and groups involved. Thus, through a case-study of Teach First’s emergence, this study investigates: What roles do policy entrepreneurs and networks play in policy transfer and diffusion processes? and How are policy entrepreneurs and networks involved in reinventing policy during the transfer process? To explore these research questions, I carried out semi-structured interviews with more than 50 individuals from various sectors who were involved in the creation of either Teach First or TFA. After transcribing all interviews, I used a form of narrative analysis to reconstruct the policy story of how Teach First emerged. In the process, I uncovered and accounted for the diversity of motives, institutional pressures, and contextual factors shaping Teach First’s development with a focus on the policy entrepreneurs and networks. Drawing on previous research in policy transfer, innovation-diffusion, and institutionalism to analyze the policy story, I concluded that both policy entrepreneurs and networks were responsible for bringing about transfer of TFA to England and shaping the nature and extent of its reinvention. This temporal process was furthered shaped by the highly politicized nature of initial teacher training in England, which limited the autonomy of policy entrepreneurs and forced further adaptation of Teach First in ways that its original sponsors had not intended. I…
Subjects/Keywords: 379; policy borrowing; transfer; diffusion; policy entrepreneurs; Teach First
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Rauschenberger, E. R. (2017). Reconstructing the emergence of Teach First : examining the role of policy entrepreneurs and networks in the process of policy transfer. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22871
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rauschenberger, Emilee Ruth. “Reconstructing the emergence of Teach First : examining the role of policy entrepreneurs and networks in the process of policy transfer.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Edinburgh. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22871.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rauschenberger, Emilee Ruth. “Reconstructing the emergence of Teach First : examining the role of policy entrepreneurs and networks in the process of policy transfer.” 2017. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Rauschenberger ER. Reconstructing the emergence of Teach First : examining the role of policy entrepreneurs and networks in the process of policy transfer. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Edinburgh; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22871.
Council of Science Editors:
Rauschenberger ER. Reconstructing the emergence of Teach First : examining the role of policy entrepreneurs and networks in the process of policy transfer. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Edinburgh; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22871
Temple University
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Ellis, Joseph Michael.
Flat Tax Revolution?: Policy Change and Policy Diffusion in Eastern Europe.
Degree: PhD, 2010, Temple University
URL: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,94739
► Political Science
Why have Eastern European states adopted flat tax policies? That is what this dissertation answers. This is a curious development given that flat…
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▼ Political Science
Why have Eastern European states adopted flat tax policies? That is what this dissertation answers. This is a curious development given that flat tax policies were noticeably absent from the landscape of most of the world, including Eastern Europe. Fives cases of adoption are examined, including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. I argue that two simultaneous processes occur in Eastern Europe that makes adoption viable. First, at the domestic level, the idea of the flat tax is held in esteem by a number of actors, specifically: elite carriers, tax and financial ministers, think tanks and right-wing political parties. They champion this idea to its adoption, or at the least, introduce the flat tax into the policy-making apparatus. Second, at the international level, policy diffusion of the flat tax is taking place. In other words, the experience of previous adopters impacts the decisions of future adopters. Examining both cognitive heuristics theory and rational learning I argue that there are "varieties of diffusion" during the diffusion of the flat tax. Additionally, though this dissertation concerns itself primarily with adoption, I also investigate two cases of non-adoption in Poland and Hungary. What is argued is "diffusion without adoption" occurs. The idea of the flat tax diffused, but the adoption was not politically, ideologically, and economically feasible.
Temple University – Theses
Advisors/Committee Members: Deeg, Richard, Fioretos, Karl Orfeo, Suarez, Sandra L., Orenstein, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alexander).
Subjects/Keywords: Political Science, General; flat tax; ideas; Mart Laar; policy adoption; policy diffusion; public policy
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Ellis, J. M. (2010). Flat Tax Revolution?: Policy Change and Policy Diffusion in Eastern Europe. (Doctoral Dissertation). Temple University. Retrieved from http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,94739
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ellis, Joseph Michael. “Flat Tax Revolution?: Policy Change and Policy Diffusion in Eastern Europe.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, Temple University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,94739.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ellis, Joseph Michael. “Flat Tax Revolution?: Policy Change and Policy Diffusion in Eastern Europe.” 2010. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Ellis JM. Flat Tax Revolution?: Policy Change and Policy Diffusion in Eastern Europe. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Temple University; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,94739.
Council of Science Editors:
Ellis JM. Flat Tax Revolution?: Policy Change and Policy Diffusion in Eastern Europe. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Temple University; 2010. Available from: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,94739
9.
Hoffer, Katherine Anne Heriot.
Policy innovation and change: the diffusion and modification of the renewable portfolio standard, 1994 – 2014.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2018, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/191304
► To date, the U.S. federal government has not enacted a national renewable energy policy. Inertia at this level of government creates a policy space that…
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▼ To date, the U.S. federal government has not enacted a national renewable energy
policy. Inertia at this level of government creates a
policy space that allows American states to take the lead. State
policy drives clean energy development. By the fall of 2014, every state in the nation had adopted at least one
policy supportive of increased market penetration of renewable energy, and 38 states had adopted either a mandatory renewable portfolio standard (RPS) or a voluntary renewable energy goal. Between January 1, 1995 and the end of 2014, over 207 legislative changes amended existing RPSs and voluntary goals. Of these, most made small modifications or increased renewable energy requirements. Far fewer made significant changes to weaken state
policy. This dissertation contributes to our understanding of energy
policy innovation and change, where the adoption of an innovation is defined as a
policy that is new to the state adopting it. It does so using a mixed methods approach that answers two major research questions: Why do states adopt different types of renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), while others fail to adopt any type of RPS? And, after states adopt an RPS, why do they amend the
policy in the manner that they do over time? Using case studies and event history analysis based on a unified model of
policy innovation suggested by existing literature, this study finds that both the size and direction of the effects of explanatory variables as well as the individual variables themselves vary across decision types, time, and space. More specifically, while the results confirm that household incomes, citizen and government ideology, and educational attainment are important internal state characteristics for explaining decisions to adopt and amend RPSs, the effect of these variables varies across different types of decisions. In addition, renewable energy interests and resources, fossil fuel resources and related interest groups,
policy entrepreneurs, collaboration, and coalition building are important for explaining
policy adoption and change. While this study found little to suggest that renewable energy potential is an important predictor of the decision to adopt an RPS, it did find that other state and federal policies are significant factors influencing the decision to adopt a certain type of RPS or amend an RPS in a certain manner. While the results of the case studies suggest that
policy diffusion also plays an important role in explaining
policy innovation and change, the results of the quantitative models must be interpreted with some caution.
Advisors/Committee Members: Davis, Charles E. (advisor), Cheng, Antony (committee member), Moore, Scott T. (committee member), Saunders, Kyle L. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: policy diffusion; renewable energy; state policy; policy innovation; energy; renewable portfolio standard
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Hoffer, K. A. H. (2018). Policy innovation and change: the diffusion and modification of the renewable portfolio standard, 1994 – 2014. (Doctoral Dissertation). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/191304
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hoffer, Katherine Anne Heriot. “Policy innovation and change: the diffusion and modification of the renewable portfolio standard, 1994 – 2014.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Colorado State University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/191304.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hoffer, Katherine Anne Heriot. “Policy innovation and change: the diffusion and modification of the renewable portfolio standard, 1994 – 2014.” 2018. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Hoffer KAH. Policy innovation and change: the diffusion and modification of the renewable portfolio standard, 1994 – 2014. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Colorado State University; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/191304.
Council of Science Editors:
Hoffer KAH. Policy innovation and change: the diffusion and modification of the renewable portfolio standard, 1994 – 2014. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Colorado State University; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/191304
University of Exeter
10.
Boie, Inga.
Determinants for the market diffusion of renewable energy technologies : an analysis of the framework conditions for non-residential photovoltaic and onshore wind energy deployment in Germany, Spain and the UK.
Degree: PhD, 2016, University of Exeter
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/28537
► The deployment of renewable energy (RE) technologies for electricity generation is a central element of the European energy and climate strategy and was laid down…
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▼ The deployment of renewable energy (RE) technologies for electricity generation is a central element of the European energy and climate strategy and was laid down in binding targets on EU-level. The actual RE technology diffusion is, however, shaped by the framework conditions and support measures implemented in the individual EU Member States. This dissertation aims at contributing to a more integrated view of the influencing factors (determinants) for the deployment of RE technologies. To this end, a conceptual framework is drawn up to assess the boundary conditions for RE diffusion from the RE developer’s perspective. The framework is operationalised using a composite indicator (CI) approach and applied in a diffusion model to allow the anticipation of possible future technology deployment. The thesis concentrates on two mainstream RE technologies, namely onshore wind and non-residential PV, and focuses on European countries. Within the analysis, particular emphasis is placed on providing a holistic assessment of the impact of economic and non-economic determinants on the diffusion of RE technologies at national level. The assessment aims at understanding RE developers’ preferences and rationalities regarding the overall framework conditions for RE deployment in order to identify the drivers for and barriers to technological change and to facilitate efficient policy design and regulatory transformation. The most relevant diffusion determinants from the viewpoint of RE project developers are identified through literature research and moderated expert workshops. The relative relevance of the determinants in the diffusion process is then assessed based on an EU-wide questionnaire that resulted in the collection of >200 datasets. Building on this broad empirical basis, a composite indicator (CI) is developed for the diffusion of non-residential PV and wind onshore. The CI provides a transparent framework for the quantification of the diffusion determinants and allows an evaluation and benchmarking of national RE frameworks. In a further step, the CI is integrated in a diffusion model which enables projections of possible future market developments under different configurations of the national RE framework. This modelling approach applies and further develops established logistic models of technology diffusion. The overall approach is validated by applying it to three case study countries: Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Data collection in these case study countries involved, among others, semi-structured interviews with 31 RE experts. The different regulatory framework conditions in the three countries lead to 3 different CI results and projected technology diffusion. The results verify the robustness of the approach and the applicability of the concept to different national contexts. The findings of this thesis contribute to the methodological and empirical basis for understanding and modelling technology diffusion processes in general and RE technology diffusion in particular. The approach developed in this…
Subjects/Keywords: 333.79; renewable energy; diffusion analysis; diffusion model; composite indicator; renewable energy policy
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Boie, I. (2016). Determinants for the market diffusion of renewable energy technologies : an analysis of the framework conditions for non-residential photovoltaic and onshore wind energy deployment in Germany, Spain and the UK. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Exeter. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10871/28537
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Boie, Inga. “Determinants for the market diffusion of renewable energy technologies : an analysis of the framework conditions for non-residential photovoltaic and onshore wind energy deployment in Germany, Spain and the UK.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Exeter. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10871/28537.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Boie, Inga. “Determinants for the market diffusion of renewable energy technologies : an analysis of the framework conditions for non-residential photovoltaic and onshore wind energy deployment in Germany, Spain and the UK.” 2016. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Boie I. Determinants for the market diffusion of renewable energy technologies : an analysis of the framework conditions for non-residential photovoltaic and onshore wind energy deployment in Germany, Spain and the UK. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Exeter; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/28537.
Council of Science Editors:
Boie I. Determinants for the market diffusion of renewable energy technologies : an analysis of the framework conditions for non-residential photovoltaic and onshore wind energy deployment in Germany, Spain and the UK. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Exeter; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/28537
11.
Wallut, Laure.
Intervention publique et déploiement la télémédecine : une analyse par les théories de l'innovation : Public policy and deployement of telemedicine : analysis by diffusion theories.
Degree: Docteur es, Sciences économiques, 2019, Bourgogne Franche-Comté
URL: http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCG003
► La télémédecine est une innovation dans le secteur de la santé qui permet de prendre en charge à distance le patient, l’avenir dira si elle…
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▼ La télémédecine est une innovation dans le secteur de la santé qui permet de prendre en charge à distance le patient, l’avenir dira si elle est une révolution qui permet de résoudre des enjeux du système de santé en termes d’accès géographique aux soins. Fort de cet espoir mais en dépit ou du fait d’usages spontanés qui ne se sont pas généralisés, les pouvoirs publics, en France comme ailleurs, ont décidé une stratégie nationale de déploiement de la télémédecine en 2011. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse analyse les interactions complexes entre l’intervention des pouvoirs publics et le processus de diffusion de la télémédecine en mobilisant les théories de la diffusion de l’innovation. Nous construisons un cadre d’analyse de la diffusion des innovations complexes comme la télémédecine et identifions trois leviers de diffusion de la télémédecine que les pouvoirs publics peuvent actionner. En nous appuyant sur l’observation de deux dispositifs de télémédecine expérimentaux en Bourgogne, nous illustrons par trois études la mise en œuvre de ces leviers. L’évaluation est un premier levier qui contribue d’une part à convaincre les professionnels de santé à utiliser la télémédecine d’autre part à assimiler l’innovation dans le système. Le financement est un deuxième levier qui nécessite de connaître préalablement l’impact financier de la télémédecine pour concevoir des modalités de financement de l’activité et du matériel adéquates. L’accompagnement au changement organisationnel enfin est un troisième levier qui se traduit en Bourgogne par une politique d’accompagnement duale, combinant souplesse et contrainte. La thèse apporte un éclairage sur les marges de manœuvre des pouvoirs publics lorsqu’ils veulent contribuer ou renforcer la diffusion de la télémédecine.
Telemedicine is a health sector innovation which implies remote management of patient, future will tell if this innovation is a revolution for geographical healthcare access. In this perspective but despite or because of spontaneous telemedicine uses which have not spread, public authorities launched in France, in 2011, a national strategy to support the spread of telemedicine. In this context, this thesis analyzes complex interactions between public intervention and the diffusion process of telemedicine by using the theories of innovation diffusion. We built a framework for innovation diffusion of complex innovations such as telemedicine and identify three levers for diffusion that public authorities can implement. We illustrate our point of view with three studies that we conducted on two telemedicine pilots in Burgundy. First, economic evaluation is a lever to convince health professionnals to adopt telemedicine and to assimilate telemedicine in the health system. Financing telemedicine is a second lever with respect of one prerequisite: being able to measure the financial impact of telemedicine in order to plan appropriate funding modalities for telemedicine activity and material resources. Management of organisational change is a third lever. In Burgundy,…
Advisors/Committee Members: Béjean, Sophie (thesis director), Peyron, Christine (thesis director).
Subjects/Keywords: Diffusion des innovations; Économie de l'innovation; Politique publique; Public policy; Innovation economics; Innovation diffusion; 330
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Wallut, L. (2019). Intervention publique et déploiement la télémédecine : une analyse par les théories de l'innovation : Public policy and deployement of telemedicine : analysis by diffusion theories. (Doctoral Dissertation). Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Retrieved from http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCG003
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wallut, Laure. “Intervention publique et déploiement la télémédecine : une analyse par les théories de l'innovation : Public policy and deployement of telemedicine : analysis by diffusion theories.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCG003.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wallut, Laure. “Intervention publique et déploiement la télémédecine : une analyse par les théories de l'innovation : Public policy and deployement of telemedicine : analysis by diffusion theories.” 2019. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Wallut L. Intervention publique et déploiement la télémédecine : une analyse par les théories de l'innovation : Public policy and deployement of telemedicine : analysis by diffusion theories. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Bourgogne Franche-Comté; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCG003.
Council of Science Editors:
Wallut L. Intervention publique et déploiement la télémédecine : une analyse par les théories de l'innovation : Public policy and deployement of telemedicine : analysis by diffusion theories. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Bourgogne Franche-Comté; 2019. Available from: http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCG003
University of Exeter
12.
Wavre, Veronique Lisa.
Mechanisms of policy diffusion in the telecommunications sector : Universal Service Obligations and spectrum management in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan.
Degree: PhD, 2016, University of Exeter
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20521
► Since the advent of the millennium, a growing interest has arisen in information and communication technologies (ICT) given the potential to bridge the digital divide.…
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▼ Since the advent of the millennium, a growing interest has arisen in information and communication technologies (ICT) given the potential to bridge the digital divide. ICT have had a central role to play in terms of economic, regulatory and political development. Telecommunications is used in this thesis as a sector case to study policy diffusion, which focuses on the movement of policies across borders and actors. This thesis answers the following research question: does policy diffusion take place in the telecommunications sector in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries? This is answered using qualitative methods, such as expert interviews and the comparison of six cases, composed of two sectors of ICT; Universal Service Obligation (USO) and spectrum management, and of three countries; Morocco, Jordan and Egypt. In case the research question is positively answered two further foci are central to the thesis. Firstly, the thesis explores the conditions leading to policy diffusion. The thesis argues that the conditions leading to policy diffusion are linked to different degrees of vulnerability of countries to external actors. This vulnerability is described through four variables, which reveals the levels of governance and market openness and economic and political interconnectedness of the adopting countries. Secondly, it scrutinizes the links between sector variables and mechanisms of diffusion. The argument of this part is that different combinations of these sector variables support the differentiation across the four traditional mechanisms of policy diffusion; learning, imitation, competition and coercion. The main contributions of this thesis are both theoretical, to the literature of policy diffusion and empirical, regarding telecommunications regulation in three MENA countries. The thesis underlines the key role of government administrations as the main driver for policy change in MENA countries, compared to international pressures and market forces. Furthermore this thesis concludes that, in the telecommunications sector, transgovernmental channels are nowadays omnipresent in the phenomenon of policy diffusion and are thus not sufficient to disentangle mechanisms of diffusion. The thesis examines the additional factors of efficiency, economic interests and sanction capacity for explanatory power.
Subjects/Keywords: 300; policy diffusion; mechanisms of diffusion; conditions of diffusion; telecommunications policies; Universal Service Obligation (USO); spectrum management; Jordan; Egypt; Morocco
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Wavre, V. L. (2016). Mechanisms of policy diffusion in the telecommunications sector : Universal Service Obligations and spectrum management in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Exeter. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20521
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wavre, Veronique Lisa. “Mechanisms of policy diffusion in the telecommunications sector : Universal Service Obligations and spectrum management in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Exeter. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20521.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wavre, Veronique Lisa. “Mechanisms of policy diffusion in the telecommunications sector : Universal Service Obligations and spectrum management in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan.” 2016. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Wavre VL. Mechanisms of policy diffusion in the telecommunications sector : Universal Service Obligations and spectrum management in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Exeter; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20521.
Council of Science Editors:
Wavre VL. Mechanisms of policy diffusion in the telecommunications sector : Universal Service Obligations and spectrum management in Morocco, Egypt and Jordan. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Exeter; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20521
Queens University
13.
Grinvalds, Holly S.
The Power of Ideas: The OECD and Labour Market Policy in Canada, Denmark and Sweden
.
Degree: Political Studies, 2011, Queens University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6293
► This thesis advances our understanding of how ideas play a role in policy making by examining the processes and conditions that facilitate their international diffusion…
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▼ This thesis advances our understanding of how ideas play a role in policy making by examining the processes and conditions that facilitate their international diffusion into domestic debates, their acceptance by policy actors, and the ways in which their acceptance alters policy processes and policy itself. Specifically, the thesis studies the impact of labour market policy ideas from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and its large-scale study on unemployment, the Jobs Study, in three OECD member states: Canada, Denmark and Sweden. This thesis shows that ideas play a number of roles: sometimes they are simply employed to help legitimize pre-determined policy positions; but sometimes a process of learning takes place, and new ideas change actors’ beliefs about what is and what ought to be, and as well their conception of their own interests and goals. Consistent with previous research, policy failure and uncertainty open actors up to the policy learning process and acceptance of new ideas. More than earlier studies, however, this thesis highlights the role of pre-existing beliefs. Accepting one new idea over another is largely determined by the values and beliefs actors bring to bear when judging new ideas; and thus, the cases show a pattern of acceptance for OECD ideas that largely follows along professional boundaries and/or ideological leanings. Moreover, pre-existing beliefs that are intertwined with an actor’s identity tend to be more resistant to change. As other ideational scholars argue, a change in individuals’ beliefs can alter both the policy process and policy itself. When acceptance of an idea is widespread, problems of collective action can be overcome. When beliefs are not as widely shared, their impact on policy depends on many factors. Fragmentation of power and accountability can create “veto players,” and previous policies can create constituencies of supporters, some of whom may resist change. However, during a policy paradigm change, a shift in authority over policy can alter the political landscape and whose ideas matter. Given all these variables, the impact that a belief in new ideas can have on policy is highly mediated, and policy reforms, therefore, may not resemble the ideas which triggered the acceptance of change in the first place.
Subjects/Keywords: Public Policy
;
Policy Process
;
OECD
;
Ideas
;
Policy Transfer
;
Policy Diffusion
;
Denmark
;
Canada
;
Sweden
;
Policy Paradigm
;
Labour Market Policy
;
Policy Learning
;
OECD Jobs Strategy
;
Flexicurity
;
Comparative Public Policy
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. (Thesis). Queens University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6293
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Grinvalds, Holly S. “The Power of Ideas: The OECD and Labour Market Policy in Canada, Denmark and Sweden
.” 2011. Thesis, Queens University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6293.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Grinvalds, Holly S. “The Power of Ideas: The OECD and Labour Market Policy in Canada, Denmark and Sweden
.” 2011. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Grinvalds HS. The Power of Ideas: The OECD and Labour Market Policy in Canada, Denmark and Sweden
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Queens University; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6293.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Grinvalds HS. The Power of Ideas: The OECD and Labour Market Policy in Canada, Denmark and Sweden
. [Thesis]. Queens University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6293
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Freie Universität Berlin
14.
Heinze, Torben.
Zur Erklärung von Politikdiffusion im Europäischen Hochschulraum.
Degree: 2013, Freie Universität Berlin
URL: https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/11912
► Die Dissertation „A Tale of Many Stories - Explaining Policy Diffusion between European Higher Education Systems” untersucht systematisch, wie sich Diffusionsprozesse auf ein bisher in…
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▼ Die Dissertation „A Tale of Many Stories - Explaining
Policy Diffusion between
European Higher Education Systems” untersucht systematisch, wie sich
Diffusionsprozesse auf ein bisher in der politikwissenschaftlichen Forschung
relativ wenig beachtetes Politikfeld auswirken – den Bereich der europäischen
Hochschulpolitik. Die Arbeit reiht sich damit in die langsam wachsende Zahl
vergleichender Studien über Politikdiffusion und die zu Grunde liegenden
Kausalmechanismen ein. Außerdem ist diese Dissertation die erste Studie zur
Diffusion politischer Innovationen zwischen europäischen Hochschulsystemen. Im
Rahmen der Dissertation geht es vorranging darum, Erklärungsmodelle
vergleichend zu testen, die sich auf Annahmen über freiwillige Prozesses des
Transfers und der Adaption von Politiken durch nationale Regierungen stützen.
Ein Erklärungsansatz basiert auf Lernen als Diffusionsmechanismen, während die
anderen beiden auf Politikübernahmen durch Sozialisationsprozesse und
Externalitäten beruhen. Allen drei Ansätzen ist gemein, dass sie von
Interdependenzen im Bereich der Politik zwischen internationalen und
nationalen Akteuren als treibende Kraft für die Verbreitung ähnlicher
Politiken ausgehen. Darüber hinaus beinhaltet der Analyserahmen einen weiteren
Erklärungsansatz, der annimmt, dass Regierungen eben nicht durch externe
Faktoren in ihren Entscheidungen beeinflusst werden, sondern unabhängig
voneinander ähnliche Problemlösungsansätze verfolgen. Die den
Erklärungsmodellen zu Grunde liegenden Hypothesen werden mit Hilfe von
Survival- und Ereignisanalysen getestet. Insgesamt werden 14
leistungsorientierte Hochschulpolitiken wie beispielsweise die Einführung von
externen Qualitätssicherungssystemen oder Studiengebühren in 16
westeuropäischen Ländern in den Jahren zwischen 1980 und 1998 untersucht.
Empirisch geht es primär um die Frage, welche internationalen, nationalen und
politikfeldspezifischen Faktoren die Verbreitung von hochschulpolitischen
Innovationen verursachen und befördern? Anhand der empirischen Befunde lässt
sich keiner der vier Erklärungsansätze komplett widerlegen. Im Vergleich sind
die innenpolitischen Erklärungsfaktoren allerdings am stabilsten, während die
Annahmen zu Lernen, Sozialisation und Externalitäten oftmals nicht robust
sind. Das bedeutet allerdings nicht, dass auf Interdependenzen beruhende
Diffusionsmechanismen keine Bedeutung bei der Verbreitung von
Hochschulpolitiken spielen würden. Vielmehr zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass
Interdependenz ein multi-dimensionales Konzept ist, und dass unterschiedliche
Diffusionsmechanismen parallel ablaufen. Vor diesem Hintergrund bietet sich
für die Untersuchung von Politikdiffusion an, mit einem auf Annahmen über
innenpolitische Prozesse basierenden Erklärungsansatz zu beginnen, und diesen
dann entsprechend um solche auf Interdependenzen zwischen internationalen und
nationalen Akteuren basierenden Variablen zu erweitern. Diffusionsvariablen
sind wichtig, um Politikübernahme zu erklären, aber sie stellen nur einen
Teilaspekt zum Verständnis von Politikdiffusion…
Advisors/Committee Members: m (gender), Prof. Dr. Tanja A. Börzel (firstReferee), Prof. David Levi-Faur, PhD (furtherReferee).
Subjects/Keywords: policy diffusion; higher education policy; policy transfer; policy convergence; isomorphism; governance; new public management; 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft
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Heinze, T. (2013). Zur Erklärung von Politikdiffusion im Europäischen Hochschulraum. (Thesis). Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved from https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/11912
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Heinze, Torben. “Zur Erklärung von Politikdiffusion im Europäischen Hochschulraum.” 2013. Thesis, Freie Universität Berlin. Accessed January 18, 2021.
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/11912.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Heinze, Torben. “Zur Erklärung von Politikdiffusion im Europäischen Hochschulraum.” 2013. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Heinze T. Zur Erklärung von Politikdiffusion im Europäischen Hochschulraum. [Internet] [Thesis]. Freie Universität Berlin; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/11912.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Heinze T. Zur Erklärung von Politikdiffusion im Europäischen Hochschulraum. [Thesis]. Freie Universität Berlin; 2013. Available from: https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/11912
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Kansas
15.
Dean, Laura A.
Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2014, University of Kansas
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/23981
► This dissertation examined how human trafficking policies diffused in the post-Soviet region, a significant source region for female victims of sex trafficking dubbed Natashas. The…
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▼ This dissertation examined how human trafficking policies diffused in the post-Soviet region, a significant source region for female victims of sex trafficking dubbed Natashas. The main research question examined why some countries adopted policies while others did not. More specifically it examined whether human trafficking variations in all 15 countries of the former Soviet Union were due to internal determinants and/or from external pressure from the international community. Case studies with fieldwork in Russia, Latvia, and Ukraine determined the situation within the
policy subsystem concerning adoption. The qualitative research was supplemented with a pooled time series analysis from 2003-2012 of all 15 countries of the former Soviet Union that determined the scope of human trafficking policies and a preliminary model for
policy implementation. My research expanded the
diffusion of innovation framework to explain the
policy adoption variations throughout this region by adapting it fit the international context and supplemented with theories from morality politics and feminist
policy. The results demonstrated that both international and external factors influenced the adoption of human trafficking policies in the 15 countries of the former Soviet Union.
Advisors/Committee Members: Doan, Alesha E. (advisor), Herron, Erik S. (advisor), Britton, Hannah E. (cmtemember), Joslyn, Mark R. (cmtemember), Maynard-Moody, Steven (cmtemember).
Subjects/Keywords: Political Science; Public policy; Women's studies; Human Trafficking; Policy Adoption; Policy Diffusion; Policy Implementation; Post-Soviet Region
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Dean, L. A. (2014). Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Kansas. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1808/23981
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dean, Laura A. “Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Kansas. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/23981.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dean, Laura A. “Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Dean LA. Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Kansas; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/23981.
Council of Science Editors:
Dean LA. Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Kansas; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/23981
Georgia Tech
16.
Mistur, Evan Matthew.
For the birds: Researching theory and practice in environmental conservation policy processes.
Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2020, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62769
► This dissertation explores how policy processes and decision-making structures influence environmental management in public agencies. It contributes to our understanding of how traditional bureaucratic systems…
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▼ This dissertation explores how
policy processes and decision-making structures influence environmental management in public agencies. It contributes to our understanding of how traditional bureaucratic systems of organization overlap and integrate with collaborative management structures in both theory and practice. First, it investigates the potential for Adaptive Management to take place within a bureaucratic system by examining a public agency’s response to a pair of unforeseen environmental shocks as two endangered species of bat were discovered. Using a mixed-methods analysis, it qualitatively examines the agency’s adaptive processes and extends the Adaptive Management model to describe mediating actors in the management process, then quantitatively tests the impact of this process using OLS regression, demonstrating that it significantly improves project outcomes at the agency. Next, it examines how stakeholder engagement impacts management capacity and organizational decision-making at a public agency focused on sea turtle conservation. It examines the extent to which engaging local stakeholders increases the agency’s ability to perform, the level of alignment between volunteer and professional managers’ motivations, and the impact their motivations have on the decision-making process using a qualitative comparative case-study analysis. This study demonstrates that stakeholder engagement provides integral support to agency initiatives at the functional level and is critical to managerial ability, but that it introduces goal misalignment within the agency and can bias managers’ decision-making through target fixation. Finally, this dissertation investigates
policy diffusion through the spread of state birdwatching trail programs across the US. This study challenges incumbent
policy diffusion theory explaining
diffusion through regional proximity and introduces a time-variant, micro-level mechanism to describe the spread of
policy adoption. It tests this mechanism using fixed effects regression and demonstrates that special-interest group movement can more accurately model
policy diffusion at a micro level. This work contributes to our theoretical understanding of environmental
policy and can be used by researchers investigating the process of administration of environmental services. Furthermore, it provides useful evidence that can inform practitioners tasked with designing or running environmental management programs in the field.
Advisors/Committee Members: Matisoff, Daniel C. (advisor), Kingsley, Gordon (committee member), Norton, Bryan (committee member), Massetti, Emanuele (committee member), Weissburg, Marc (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Environmental policy; Administration; Decision-making; Conservation; Management; Adaptive management; Stakeholder engagement; Policy diffusion
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Mistur, E. M. (2020). For the birds: Researching theory and practice in environmental conservation policy processes. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62769
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mistur, Evan Matthew. “For the birds: Researching theory and practice in environmental conservation policy processes.” 2020. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62769.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mistur, Evan Matthew. “For the birds: Researching theory and practice in environmental conservation policy processes.” 2020. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Mistur EM. For the birds: Researching theory and practice in environmental conservation policy processes. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62769.
Council of Science Editors:
Mistur EM. For the birds: Researching theory and practice in environmental conservation policy processes. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62769
University of Georgia
17.
Dunet, Diane O.
Adoption by states of federal school health policy guidelines for healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/21484
► New forms of non-legislative government action have proliferated over the last 50 years, expanding the array of bureaucratic "tools of government.” Guidelines issued by federal…
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▼ New forms of non-legislative government action have proliferated over the last 50 years, expanding the array of bureaucratic "tools of government.” Guidelines issued by federal agencies are a tool used to recommend, rather than mandate,
state and local government action. The intergovernmental nature of guidelines, lack of penalty for non-compliance, and reliance on bureaucratic or scientific expertise to develop content makes guidelines unique. This study examined guidelines from the
federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the 1990s recommending state adoption of school health policies for nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco. With cross-sectional data from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000, an
index was created to assess the number of guidelines that were adopted as state-level policies. Correlation and multiple regression analyses of the 50 States and District of Columbia were used to compare adoption of CDC guidelines with adoption of
legislation reported in the literature. Using the framework of diffusion of innovations theory, analyses identified the District of Columbia and the state of Alabama as consistent national leaders in the number of CDC guidelines adopted. Analyses by
geographic region also indicated consistent leaders and laggards within regions across the three substantive policy areas, with western states showing overall lower levels of policy adoption. An internal determinants model showed that characteristics
such as state size, per capita income, and state liberalness were unrelated to guideline adoption levels. Overall, results suggest that guidelines adoption follows markedly different patterns from legislation. Study findings further suggest that analyses
which combine policies to seek across-the-board determinants may obscure key determinants that are policy- or issue-specific. The strength of scientific evidence underlying a policy is suggested as a new variable for inclusion in future
studies.
Subjects/Keywords: Diffusion of innovations; Internal determinants; Guidelines; School health policy; Tools of government; Policy adoption
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Dunet, D. O. (2014). Adoption by states of federal school health policy guidelines for healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/21484
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dunet, Diane O. “Adoption by states of federal school health policy guidelines for healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/21484.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dunet, Diane O. “Adoption by states of federal school health policy guidelines for healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Dunet DO. Adoption by states of federal school health policy guidelines for healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/21484.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Dunet DO. Adoption by states of federal school health policy guidelines for healthy eating, physical activity, and tobacco. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/21484
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Wollongong
18.
Thongruang, Charlee.
The barriers to the adoption of Thai
traditional medicine services in Thai community
hospitals: a case study of community hospitals in
Phitsanulok Province.
Degree: Doctor of
Philosophy, 2014, University of Wollongong
URL: 110499
Complementary
and
Alternative
Medicine
not
elsewhere
classified
;
https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4064
► Thai traditional medicines (TTM) have been revived in Thailand’s health systems since 1977 in line with the WHO’s Alma-Ata Declaration and global trends toward…
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▼ Thai traditional
medicines (TTM) have been revived in Thailand’s health
systems since 1977 in line with the WHO’s Alma-Ata
Declaration and global trends toward the use of
complementary and alternative medicine. Since then, the
policies to promote their practices in hospitals have
been incorporated in several national healthdevelopment
plans. However, the literature suggests that their
adoption in community hospitals progressed at a slow rate
for more than 20 years before dramatically increasing in
this decade. Although a large number of hospitals have
adopted these policies, the literature relates some
difficulties in both adoption and implementation. Delayed
adoption of TTM policies in the initial stages and
difficulties in their implementation reflect the
existence of barriers to this process. These barriers and
their causes have yet to be systematically investigated
using multilevel samples. This study
aims to explore the barriers to the adoption of TTM
policy in Thai community hospitals, and to formulate
recommendations informing policy development to mitigate
these barriers. It takes a qualitative approach to
seeking data from multilevel stakeholders involved in the
TTM policy process, including its adoption and
implementation in hospitals. The research design consists
of in-depth interviewing of 54 informants from seven
multilevel groups relevant to TTM policy. Its theoretical
framework follows the modified organisational
innovation-adoption process of Everett M. Rogers (2003)
to investigate knowledge, attitudes and practices based
on informants’ experiences. Thematic analysis is
conducted using the NVivo software package, complemented
by further analysis using Leximancer analytic
software. The diffusion of innovation
theory helps explain why TTM policy has been adopted
irregularly in hospitals without the satisfactory
accomplishment of Rogers's agendasetting and matching
stages. Its adoption has faced difficulties from barriers
emerging from external, internal and individual
characteristics. Three barriers found in this study are
disagreement between policy and budget from the
government; a lack of knowledge of and confidence in TTM
practices among clinicians; and the complexity of the
Thai bureaucratic mechanism. Further, TTM's weaknesses
negatively influence attitudes among both clinicians and
patients. Based on its findings, this
study formulates three main recommendations to inform TTM
policy development. They include encouraging agreement
between policy and budget; developing knowledge,
confidence and…
Subjects/Keywords: Thai traditional medicine; diffusion of innovation; policy adoption; community hospitals; health policy; Phitsanulok Province
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Thongruang, C. (2014). The barriers to the adoption of Thai
traditional medicine services in Thai community
hospitals: a case study of community hospitals in
Phitsanulok Province. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Wollongong. Retrieved from 110499 Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classified ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4064
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Thongruang, Charlee. “The barriers to the adoption of Thai
traditional medicine services in Thai community
hospitals: a case study of community hospitals in
Phitsanulok Province.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wollongong. Accessed January 18, 2021.
110499 Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classified ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4064.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Thongruang, Charlee. “The barriers to the adoption of Thai
traditional medicine services in Thai community
hospitals: a case study of community hospitals in
Phitsanulok Province.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Thongruang C. The barriers to the adoption of Thai
traditional medicine services in Thai community
hospitals: a case study of community hospitals in
Phitsanulok Province. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Wollongong; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: 110499 Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classified ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4064.
Council of Science Editors:
Thongruang C. The barriers to the adoption of Thai
traditional medicine services in Thai community
hospitals: a case study of community hospitals in
Phitsanulok Province. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Wollongong; 2014. Available from: 110499 Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classified ; https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4064
Western Kentucky University
19.
Buchanan, Lori Elliott.
A Narrative Policy Analysis of the Responses to Tennessee Promise and Plans for Transfer Receptivity by Six Tennessee Public Universities' Presidents and Provosts.
Degree: EdD, Educational Leadership Doctoral Program, 2017, Western Kentucky University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/diss/130
► The Tennessee Promise scholarship and mentoring program broadened access and affordability to postsecondary education in Tennessee. This policy innovation increased the number of students…
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▼ The Tennessee Promise scholarship and mentoring program broadened access and affordability to postsecondary education in Tennessee. This
policy innovation increased the number of students seeking to engage in postsecondary education. It also shifted some of the state’s students to the more affordable community colleges and colleges of applied technology for their first two years of college. Equally important, Tennessee Promise incentivized the presidents and provosts of the six public universities under review to expand existing transfer receptivity efforts as their universities prepared to receive and support Tennessee Promise community college student transfers.
The purpose of this narrative
policy analysis based on Roe’s (1994) four-step process is to document and describe how presidents and provosts at six Tennessee public universities responded to Tennessee Promise and prepared to provide transfer receptivity for Tennessee Promise community college student transfers. Employing the theoretical lens of
policy innovation and
diffusion, I engaged with the leaders’ stories, including interview transcripts, local news articles, and publicly-accessible documents found on the universities’ websites.
The study’s findings indicate the majority of university leaders responded to the
policy innovation’s broadening of access and affordability to postsecondary education by preparing their universities to receive and support Tennessee Promise community college student transfers. They did so while working within a difficult enrollment context, i.e.,declining university headcounts since Fall 2011; declining numbers of high school graduates; lifting of University of Tennessee’s enrollment cap; and shifting from the use of a performance-based funding model targeting enrollment to the use of an outcomesbased model that primarily rewards student progression and degree completion.
The university leaders simultaneously sought to offset Tennessee Promise’s impact on enrollment while moving their universities’ enrollment growth agendas forward. The leaders responded by revising scholarships; extending community college partnerships; committing to receive student transfers; expanding retention efforts to include student transfers; and assessing policies, practices, and programs. Future plans include integrating student transfers and sustaining efforts. Working within shared governance, a majority of the leaders communicated institutional priorities, administered available resources, and led institutional change, all of which resulted in
diffusion of transfer receptivity for Tennessee Promise community college student transfers.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Kristin Wilson (Director), Dr. Regina Garza Mitchell, Dr. Brian Meredith and Dr. Tony Norman.
Subjects/Keywords: leadership; policy innovation and diffusion; free college; Educational Sociology; Education Policy; Higher Education Administration
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Buchanan, L. E. (2017). A Narrative Policy Analysis of the Responses to Tennessee Promise and Plans for Transfer Receptivity by Six Tennessee Public Universities' Presidents and Provosts. (Doctoral Dissertation). Western Kentucky University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/diss/130
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Buchanan, Lori Elliott. “A Narrative Policy Analysis of the Responses to Tennessee Promise and Plans for Transfer Receptivity by Six Tennessee Public Universities' Presidents and Provosts.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Western Kentucky University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/diss/130.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Buchanan, Lori Elliott. “A Narrative Policy Analysis of the Responses to Tennessee Promise and Plans for Transfer Receptivity by Six Tennessee Public Universities' Presidents and Provosts.” 2017. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Buchanan LE. A Narrative Policy Analysis of the Responses to Tennessee Promise and Plans for Transfer Receptivity by Six Tennessee Public Universities' Presidents and Provosts. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Western Kentucky University; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/diss/130.
Council of Science Editors:
Buchanan LE. A Narrative Policy Analysis of the Responses to Tennessee Promise and Plans for Transfer Receptivity by Six Tennessee Public Universities' Presidents and Provosts. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Western Kentucky University; 2017. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/diss/130
University of Georgia
20.
Dubner, Wendy Marie.
A study of voluntary state guidelines for related service provision.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28249
► Occupational therapy (OT) is a profession that works in both medical and educational settings. The role of OT practitioners in schools is shaped by federal…
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▼ Occupational therapy (OT) is a profession that works in both medical and educational settings. The role of OT practitioners in schools is shaped by federal legislation and state regulations. The scope of practice and methods of service
delivery differ between medically based and school-based OT. The diversity among practice settings can lead to confusion as to the appropriate role and scope of practice of OT in public schools. Thirty states have elected to craft written related service
guidelines as a policy tool to further understanding of the role of OT in school-based practice and to facilitate parity of OT services across districts within a state. The purposes of this cross-comparative study were (a) to examine the content of a
sample of 12 state manuals using a researcher-developed rubric as a framework for evaluating policy comprehensiveness, (b) to distinguish commonalities and unique features among the sample states through document analysis, (c) to explore factors
influencing states’ decisions concerning adoption of written guidelines to provide direction on the role of OT in the public schools, and (d) to discover alternative methods states are using to guide related service provision. Methodological approaches
included document analysis, the collection of quantitative data on each sample state, and triangulation of data by verifying the currency of the documents and the accuracy of the findings with various state-level individuals involved in the decision
concerning implementing written guidelines. The study incorporated concepts from policy diffusion theory to examine whether selected variables follow adoption patterns as established in the existing policy-diffusion research literature. Findings revealed
significant content disparity existed among adopter states and nonadoption did not necessarily equate with state inaction. The tenets of policy diffusion examined in this study (geographic proximity and policy entrepreneur activity) were not definitively
supported by the findings. The primary limitation potentially influencing the findings was lack of participant follow-up resulting in data gaps and the inability to include relevant statistical measures. Recommendations for future research and policy
development focus on suggestions to expand this study and to further the understanding of the role and scope of practice of school-based OT at the national, state, local and individual levels.
Subjects/Keywords: Related services; educational policy; state level guidelines; students with disabilities; occupational therapy; policy diffusion theory
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Dubner, W. M. (2014). A study of voluntary state guidelines for related service provision. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28249
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dubner, Wendy Marie. “A study of voluntary state guidelines for related service provision.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28249.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dubner, Wendy Marie. “A study of voluntary state guidelines for related service provision.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Dubner WM. A study of voluntary state guidelines for related service provision. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28249.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Dubner WM. A study of voluntary state guidelines for related service provision. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/28249
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Carnegie Mellon University
21.
Van Der Boor, Paul E.W.
Three Studies on Innovation and Diffusion: Evidence from Mobile Banking in Developing Countries and a User Innovation Survey in Portugal.
Degree: 2014, Carnegie Mellon University
URL: http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/385
► This dissertation explores the conditions and the extent to which innovations, by both users and by firms, can originate in developing countries and diffuse to…
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▼ This dissertation explores the conditions and the extent to which innovations, by both users and by firms, can originate in developing countries and diffuse to the rest of the world. The primary setting for these studies is the mobile financial services industry. Additionally, this dissertation looks at the overall significance of user innovation at the country level in order to discern drivers of user innovation diffusion. Finally, it investigates implications for innovation policy. These topics are addressed in three studies. The first study examines two main research questions. First, to what extent can users play a role in innovation in developing countries? Second, what is the global relevance and diffusion of innovations that originate in developing countries? This study finds that users pioneered over half of mobile financial services and that 85% of the services originated in developing countries. A comparison between all innovations in this industry shows that user innovations diffuse at more than double the rate of firm innovations. Additionally, three-quarters of the innovations that originated in developing countries diffused to OECD countries. This study also proposes a new methodology to analyze the sources of service innovations, which can be used in future research. The second study tries to answer the following research question: Under what conditions can industries emerge in the economic ‘South’? In addition, what firms are successful at entering in the South? This study uses a hand-collected dataset from the mobile financial services industry. We find that latent demand is an important driver for firm entry in developing countries, as is market share. Furthermore, previous entry in the industry leads to industry-specific knowledge accumulation, which spills over within firms and increases the likelihood of subsequent entry into other countries. The third study examines the characteristics of diffusion of user innovations using data from a large-scale national survey conducted in Portugal. It looks at differences between market and non-market channels of diffusion for professional-user innovators as well as end-user innovators. The main findings are that although most user innovators are willing to share their innovations for free, they do not actively inform other people about their solutions, which negatively affects diffusion. Furthermore, this research concludes that professional-user innovators are significantly more likely to protect their intellectual property than end-user innovators, which increases the likelihood of commercialization of the innovation.
Subjects/Keywords: innovation; technology diffusion; developing countries; mobile banking; user innovation; public policy
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Van Der Boor, Paul E W. “Three Studies on Innovation and Diffusion: Evidence from Mobile Banking in Developing Countries and a User Innovation Survey in Portugal.” 2014. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/385.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Van Der Boor, Paul E W. “Three Studies on Innovation and Diffusion: Evidence from Mobile Banking in Developing Countries and a User Innovation Survey in Portugal.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Van Der Boor PEW. Three Studies on Innovation and Diffusion: Evidence from Mobile Banking in Developing Countries and a User Innovation Survey in Portugal. [Internet] [Thesis]. Carnegie Mellon University; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/385.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Van Der Boor PEW. Three Studies on Innovation and Diffusion: Evidence from Mobile Banking in Developing Countries and a User Innovation Survey in Portugal. [Thesis]. Carnegie Mellon University; 2014. Available from: http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/385
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Utah
22.
Krueger, Christopher F.
Disentangling diffusion: an analysis of municipal tax rate patterns.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2015, University of Utah
URL: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd3/id/4082/rec/745
► The geographic diffusion of policy is a well-documented phenomenon, but the mechanisms underlying diffusion are more obscure. This study describes and explains municipal property and…
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▼ The geographic diffusion of policy is a well-documented phenomenon, but the mechanisms underlying diffusion are more obscure. This study describes and explains municipal property and sales tax rates. It examines the influence of diffusion in this rate-setting process. Existing literature describes two such mechanisms driving such diffusion: learning and competition, but leaves the question of the relative influence of these mechanisms in significant doubt. An examination of municipal tax rates, financial and demographic data shows that, when setting their own sales and property tax rates, local governments weigh the rates of their neighbors more heavily than other factors. Evidence implies a stronger role for learning and less robust role for tax competition as explanations for municipal tax rate diffusion. Budgetary demands, as well as state-mandated formal rules, also influence local government rate-setting behavior.
Subjects/Keywords: Diffusion; Game theory; Local government finance; Tax policy; Yardstick competition
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Krueger, Christopher F. “Disentangling diffusion: an analysis of municipal tax rate patterns.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Utah. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd3/id/4082/rec/745.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Krueger, Christopher F. “Disentangling diffusion: an analysis of municipal tax rate patterns.” 2015. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Krueger CF. Disentangling diffusion: an analysis of municipal tax rate patterns. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Utah; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd3/id/4082/rec/745.
Council of Science Editors:
Krueger CF. Disentangling diffusion: an analysis of municipal tax rate patterns. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Utah; 2015. Available from: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/etd3/id/4082/rec/745
Temple University
23.
Rexing, Christen Jean.
Firearm Injury Prevention: Understanding Firearm Policy Diffusion, 1993-2010.
Degree: PhD, 2014, Temple University
URL: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,273759
► Public Health
Annually firearms kill more than 30,000 individuals and injure more than 50,000 individuals, resulting in costs of 45 million to over 1 billion…
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▼ Public Health
Annually firearms kill more than 30,000 individuals and injure more than 50,000 individuals, resulting in costs of 45 million to over 1 billion in the United States. Traditionally firearms were addressed as a criminal justice problem, but for more than 30 years, public health and injury prevention specialists have worked to address the problem of firearm injuries through surveillance, education, research, and laws. Firearm legislation is multijurisdictional across the federal, state, and local governments, but the majority of activity is at the state levels. Firearm injury prevention efforts must navigate a politically diverse arena dominated by social regulatory politics in order to affect change. This study presents newly analyzed data on seven firearms laws: child access prevention, minimum age to purchase/possess a handgun, stand your ground, large capacity ammunition limits, Saturday night specials and assault weapons bans. A goal of the study was to create a 50 states longitudinal dataset in order to investigate the relationship between internal state political and demographics characteristics and firearm policy diffusion. The study findings are presented across three manuscripts, which address the trends of enactment of the laws, the analysis of the six gun control laws, and an analysis of one permissive firearm law (stand your ground laws). A panel data set was created from publicly available sources for each state from 1993 to 2010. General Estimating Equations (GEE) were used to evaluate the impact of citizen pressures, lobby pressures, legislative characteristics, and demographic data on the adoption of the seven selected laws. Study findings identified waves of adoption of the firearm laws across politically and demographically similar states in the early study years (1993-94) and the later study years (2005-10). States with Democratic state governments were more likely to pass gun control laws while states with Republican state governments were more likely to pass stand your ground laws. Poverty was also a statistically significant variable for the passage of the laws: states with lower poverty levels were more likely to pass gun control laws while states with higher poverty levels were more likely to pass stand your ground laws. However, aside from legislation to ensure consistency with federal law, most states are not responding to the public call for regulation as measured by the enactment of the selected laws. Instead, a trend of permissive firearms laws is rapidly spreading across the 50 states. Firearm injury prevention advocates should not be deterred by political environments. Rather, they should respond to cues to optimize change for injury prevention. Understanding mechanisms for firearm policy adoption, such as the role of legislative characteristics may help researchers and firearm injury prevention advocates focus limited resources to introduce bills in policy-friendly states. This dissertation contributes to the firearm injury prevention literature by applying policy…
Advisors/Committee Members: Ibrahim, Jennifer;, Mullin, Megan, Hausman, Alice J., Vernick, Jon;.
Subjects/Keywords: Public health;
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Rexing, C. J. (2014). Firearm Injury Prevention: Understanding Firearm Policy Diffusion, 1993-2010. (Doctoral Dissertation). Temple University. Retrieved from http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,273759
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rexing, Christen Jean. “Firearm Injury Prevention: Understanding Firearm Policy Diffusion, 1993-2010.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Temple University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,273759.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rexing, Christen Jean. “Firearm Injury Prevention: Understanding Firearm Policy Diffusion, 1993-2010.” 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Rexing CJ. Firearm Injury Prevention: Understanding Firearm Policy Diffusion, 1993-2010. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Temple University; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,273759.
Council of Science Editors:
Rexing CJ. Firearm Injury Prevention: Understanding Firearm Policy Diffusion, 1993-2010. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Temple University; 2014. Available from: http://digital.library.temple.edu/u?/p245801coll10,273759
Penn State University
24.
He, Guanze.
the influence of openness to world trade and policies for technology diffusion in Chinese state-owned enterprises.
Degree: 2012, Penn State University
URL: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/15337
► The previous literature shows the efforts of the Chinese government to decentralize property rights have the potential to influence the diffusion of continuous casting technology…
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▼ The previous literature shows the efforts of the Chinese government to decentralize property rights have the potential to influence the
diffusion of continuous casting technology in China’s steel industry. However, it is hard to fully explain the variations in the
diffusion of continuous casting technology among Chinese steel firms based entirely on this institutional factor of decentralization. Instead, it is necessary to consider more recent policies, such as the China Western Region Development program and China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), both of which occurred in the first decade of the 21st century. It is assumed that these factors are capable of motivating steel firms to overcome institutional and technical barriers to installing continuous casting equipment more rapidly than in the period before those two factors came into play. The current study explored the influence of certain market and institutional factors on state-owned enterprises’ (firm level)
diffusion speed of continuous casting technology in China during the period 1985–2009. We found that these influential factors matter in different ways based on different periods and regions in terms of continuous casting technology
diffusion among Chinese steel firms. In particular, compared to the period before the 2000s, governmental supervision and intervention during the first decade of the 21st century accelerated the rate at which firms adopted new technology and increased firms’ co-movement with market factors thereafter. The government’s interventions such as the China’s Western Region Development program benefit and motivate steel firms in the Western provinces to diffuse continuous casting technology appropriately; for example, Western firms are more willing than non-western firms to replace outdated ingot casting technology by continuous casting technology; Western firms are more motivated to produce sheets and slabs of steel via continuous casting methods than non-western firms are. Although the main point of the China’s Western Region Development program was to help under-developed western areas to become more efficient and productive by establishing large firms, substantial disparities in terms of the adoption of continuous casting technology between large-scale western and non-western firms still exist. Our findings suggest that the government should focus on supporting the adoption of new technology rather than on encouraging firms to grow in terms of scale. Furthermore, even though China’s Western Region Development
policy constituted a great effort to expand the investment budget for Western firms, this growth in the investment budget of western firms did not motivate those firms to diffuse continuous casting technology more rapidly. China’s accession to the WTO is also proving to be a factor capable of motivating steel firms, especially old steel firms and firms that produce sheets and slabs of steel, to meet the challenge of using technically sophisticated continuous casting technology. Overall, despite their close…
Advisors/Committee Members: Karen Ann Fisher Vanden, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor, Spiro E Stefanou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor, Zhen Lei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor, Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor.
Subjects/Keywords: Openness to the world policy technology diffusion steel industry
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He, G. (2012). the influence of openness to world trade and policies for technology diffusion in Chinese state-owned enterprises. (Thesis). Penn State University. Retrieved from https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/15337
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
He, Guanze. “the influence of openness to world trade and policies for technology diffusion in Chinese state-owned enterprises.” 2012. Thesis, Penn State University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/15337.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
He, Guanze. “the influence of openness to world trade and policies for technology diffusion in Chinese state-owned enterprises.” 2012. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
He G. the influence of openness to world trade and policies for technology diffusion in Chinese state-owned enterprises. [Internet] [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/15337.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
He G. the influence of openness to world trade and policies for technology diffusion in Chinese state-owned enterprises. [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2012. Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/15337
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
North Carolina State University
25.
Gerlach, John David II.
An Examination of Factors that Explain the Use of Data in the Natural Resource Policy Process.
Degree: PhD, Public Administration, 2009, North Carolina State University
URL: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/3564
► GERLACH, JOHN DAVID II. An Examination of Factors that Explain the Use of Data in the Natural Resource Policy Process. (Under the direction of Dr.…
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▼ GERLACH, JOHN DAVID II. An Examination of Factors that Explain the Use of Data in the Natural Resource
Policy Process. (Under the direction of Dr. Dennis M. Daley.)
Natural resource agencies often seek to make
policy based on best available science. This study identifies key factors which predict why natural resource professionals choose one data source over another by drawing upon neo-institutional theory literature to pinpoint potential organizational factors which influence data selection, as well as
diffusion theory literature to identify potential environmental factors. These factors inform a research model, which is tested through the collection of original data.
Data were collected using a web-based survey. The survey was sent via e-mail to 557 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service field offices, representing all eight regions of the agency, with 204 responding (36.6%). Multiple analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) procedures were conducted to assess the effects of 22 organizational and environmental independent variables on dependent variables measuring data selection and data newness (federal, state or local, and non-governmental sources).
This study suggests that federal data are used most frequently by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service field offices for the purpose of making natural resource
policy decisions, followed by state or local data and non-governmental data sources, respectively. Results indicate the parent agency may influence its field offices to use non-governmental data sources to supplement governmental data when making
policy decisions. This study also suggests that collaborating with a non-governmental organization when making natural resource
policy is positively related to the selection of non-governmental data sources. However, the data marketing efforts of non-governmental data producers do not positively relate to non-governmental data selection.
Certain aspects of neo-institutional and
diffusion theories were proven salient with regard to explaining data selection among U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service field offices. The neo-institutional theory tenets of institutional isomorphism and path dependency were proven explanatory of data selection decisions.
Diffusion theory literature which suggests that interest or advocacy group relationships and the adoption of an innovation by a similar entity positively affect the
diffusion of innovations was also proven salient with regard to explaining data selection.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dr. Richard M. Clerkin, Committee Member (advisor), Dr. G. David Garson, Committee Member (advisor), Dr. Dennis M. Daley, Committee Chair (advisor), Dr. Ryan Bosworth, Committee Member (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: data use; diffusion theory; neo-institutional theory; natural resource policy
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Gerlach, J. D. I. (2009). An Examination of Factors that Explain the Use of Data in the Natural Resource Policy Process. (Doctoral Dissertation). North Carolina State University. Retrieved from http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/3564
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gerlach, John David II. “An Examination of Factors that Explain the Use of Data in the Natural Resource Policy Process.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, North Carolina State University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/3564.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gerlach, John David II. “An Examination of Factors that Explain the Use of Data in the Natural Resource Policy Process.” 2009. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Gerlach JDI. An Examination of Factors that Explain the Use of Data in the Natural Resource Policy Process. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. North Carolina State University; 2009. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/3564.
Council of Science Editors:
Gerlach JDI. An Examination of Factors that Explain the Use of Data in the Natural Resource Policy Process. [Doctoral Dissertation]. North Carolina State University; 2009. Available from: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/3564
West Virginia University
26.
Moss, Jeffrey Chris.
The Politics of Drug Courts.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2019, West Virginia University
URL: https://doi.org/10.33915/etd.7426
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https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7426
► This study examined drug courts from a public policy and political science perspective. The first portion of the study focused on the history of…
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▼ This study examined drug courts from a public
policy and political science perspective. The first portion of the study focused on the history of sentencing
policy from the 1970s through the drug court movement. The second chapter addressed gaps in the
policy literature about how drug courts were created and how they evolved. Another focal point was determining how state-level actors such as legislators, state supreme courts, and bureaucratic agencies regulated drug court
policy in each particular state. From this data, a continuum was formed to determine which states operated from a top-down management style for drug courts and which states operated from a bottom-up management style. This data allowed me to empirically test whether certain political science, criminal justice, and structure variables could account for the amount of state-level regulation into drug court
policy. Partisan politics was associated with the amount of state-level regulation into drug court
policy, and method of judicial selection was weakly associated with the amount of state-level regulation. In the final empirical chapter, drug courts from a bottom-up management state and a top-down management state were selected for case study analyses. Members of drug court teams were interviewed to determine the similarities and differences between the two disparate styles of management. Members of the drug courts teams members who had not received as much scholarly attention were also interviewed such as treatment counselors, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and members of law enforcement to share their views on drug courts and describe their official duties. Finally, in light of the current opioid epidemic, members of the drug courts discussed how heroin and prescription pain killers are affecting their counties and what the drug courts and other entities can do to alleviate this problem.
Advisors/Committee Members: John Kilwein, Corey Colyer.
Subjects/Keywords: Political Science; Public Policy; Implementation; Diffusion; Drug Courts; Political Science
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Moss, Jeffrey Chris. “The Politics of Drug Courts.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, West Virginia University. Accessed January 18, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.33915/etd.7426 ; https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7426.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Moss, Jeffrey Chris. “The Politics of Drug Courts.” 2019. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Moss JC. The Politics of Drug Courts. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. West Virginia University; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: https://doi.org/10.33915/etd.7426 ; https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7426.
Council of Science Editors:
Moss JC. The Politics of Drug Courts. [Doctoral Dissertation]. West Virginia University; 2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.33915/etd.7426 ; https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7426
University of Exeter
27.
Nolden, Colin.
Regulating the diffusion of renewable energy technologies : interactions between community energy and the feed-in tariff in the UK.
Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Exeter
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/9884
► An ever increasing body of legislation and regulation is transforming the UK’s energy system and its surrounding national energy framework. Depending on the mechanisms that…
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▼ An ever increasing body of legislation and regulation is transforming the UK’s energy system and its surrounding national energy framework. Depending on the mechanisms that result from this process, new forms of engagement with energy, particularly electricity, might emerge. The current trajectory of UK energy policy leans towards a centralised scenario with a portfolio of centralised renewable energy technologies (i.e. geographically concentrated such as offshore wind), nuclear power stations and gas fired power stations with the option of Carbon Capture and Storage technologies if it becomes a commercially viable option (CCC, 2011). Forecasts predict that a combination of these technologies could place the UK on the right path to reach its 2050 carbon reduction commitments (UKERC, 2008). However, this approach fails to take broader benefits of decentralisation and localisation into account and many official documents such as the Microgeneration Strategy (DECC, 2011a) and those surrounding Community Energy Online (DECC, 2011b) point to a need for greater public engagement in the generation of energy in order to ‘derive greater benefits locally’ (DECC, 2011a: 45). The question remains in how far these diverging objectives can be achieved within the current regulatory environment as there is a lack of coordinated incentives in place to facilitate the development of new scales and ownership structures capable of promoting new forms of engagement at scales below the point at which economies of scales apply. This thesis seeks to establish what barriers are preventing community energy with the capacity to increase acceptance of renewable energy technologies while also contributing towards climate change action, energy security and the strengthening of local economic cycles from becoming more widely embedded in the UK. The main focus is on how ‘niche creation’ policies such as the feed-in tariff might provide the basis for overcoming these barriers by diffusing new scales and ownership structures of renewable energy technologies. Accompanying social innovations could potentially include more meaningful engagement with energy in general and renewable energy in particular, while also enabling communities willing to invest in renewable energy technologies to build resilient local energy infrastructures with the capacity to reduce the impact of increasing energy insecurity, fossil-fuel depletion and climate change constraints. In order to appreciate the potential of community energy in the UK, parallels are drawn to the governance of national energy frameworks in other European countries, Germany and Denmark in particular, that have provided the basis for successful community energy engagement.
Subjects/Keywords: 550; Community energy; Diffusion of innovations; Energy Policy
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Nolden, C. (2013). Regulating the diffusion of renewable energy technologies : interactions between community energy and the feed-in tariff in the UK. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Exeter. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10871/9884
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Nolden, Colin. “Regulating the diffusion of renewable energy technologies : interactions between community energy and the feed-in tariff in the UK.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Exeter. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10871/9884.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nolden, Colin. “Regulating the diffusion of renewable energy technologies : interactions between community energy and the feed-in tariff in the UK.” 2013. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Nolden C. Regulating the diffusion of renewable energy technologies : interactions between community energy and the feed-in tariff in the UK. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Exeter; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/9884.
Council of Science Editors:
Nolden C. Regulating the diffusion of renewable energy technologies : interactions between community energy and the feed-in tariff in the UK. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Exeter; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/9884
University of Notre Dame
28.
Maggie Shum.
The Politics of Policy Diffusion: Party Organization versus
Individual Motivations in the Diffusion of Participatory Budgeting
in Brazil</h1>.
Degree: Political Science, 2017, University of Notre Dame
URL: https://curate.nd.edu/show/zk51vd7055j
► Participatory budgeting (PB) has diffused from Porto Alegre, a city in southern Brazil, to many countries across the globe over the past three decades.…
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▼ Participatory budgeting (PB) has diffused
from Porto Alegre, a city in southern Brazil, to many countries
across the globe over the past three decades. While both scholars
and practitioners are interested in studying its potential to
improve democratic quality and living standard, the question of how
PB has diffused within Brazil has not been well understood. This
dissertation focuses on how PB – a program that is heavily
associated with the Workers’ Party (PT) and the leftist values it
embraces – managed to spread across Brazil, adopted by politicians
from both the left and the right. This study
relies on a multi-method approach that brings together quantitative
and qualitative data from Brazilian municipalities. I constitute a
theory of
diffusion that takes into account the various pathways in
which
diffusion can occur with the Brazilian experience of PB. I
depart from the
policy diffusion literature that predominately
focuses on individual-driven motivations to explain
diffusion.
Instead, I emphasize the role of institutional settings, in
particular party organizations, in conditioning the type and scope
of
policy diffusion. Characterized by a
hierarchical structure, institutionalized channels that connect
members both horizontally and vertically, a clear and consistent
platform, high level of internal cohesion and discipline, strong
party organizations have the prerogative over their members’
behavior and decision-making power. The upper echelons of the party
leadership are the arbiters that decide the strategy and direction
of the party. This shapes the range of
policy options available to
politicians, and limits their decision-making autonomy. I posit
that
diffusion under these settings tends to be party-driven.
First, parties function as an information filter and a yardstick to
screen out policies that are incongruent with their platform and
image. Second, once a
policy is identified and embraced by the
leadership, the interconnected organizational channels allow the
directives from the top to reach down to the units at sub-national
levels. The
diffusion of PB under the Workers’ Party (PT) over the
past three decades illustrates how the party organization can
enhance and also slow down the
diffusion
process. On the other hand, weak party
organizations are characterized by a decentralized structure and a
lack of formal communication channels that link members from
different levels. Party platform and brand are inconsistent, as
politicians do not rely heavily on them to secure votes. Lastly,
internal cohesion and discipline are weak. As a result, weak
parties do not exert heavy control over their members, and
politicians enjoy a high degree of decision-making autonomy. The
diffusion mechanisms are more individual-driven, relying more on
the politician’s own attributes and self-regarding goals. Thus, the
absence of party being the gatekeeper of information creates a
favorable condition for heterophilous
diffusion – the
diffusion of
ideas to dissimilar social groups or networks. However, this…
Advisors/Committee Members: Michael Coppedge, Research Director.
Subjects/Keywords: Brazilian Politics; Participatory Budgeting; Party Organization; Policy Diffusion
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Shum, M. (2017). The Politics of Policy Diffusion: Party Organization versus
Individual Motivations in the Diffusion of Participatory Budgeting
in Brazil</h1>. (Thesis). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved from https://curate.nd.edu/show/zk51vd7055j
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Shum, Maggie. “The Politics of Policy Diffusion: Party Organization versus
Individual Motivations in the Diffusion of Participatory Budgeting
in Brazil</h1>.” 2017. Thesis, University of Notre Dame. Accessed January 18, 2021.
https://curate.nd.edu/show/zk51vd7055j.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Shum, Maggie. “The Politics of Policy Diffusion: Party Organization versus
Individual Motivations in the Diffusion of Participatory Budgeting
in Brazil</h1>.” 2017. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Shum M. The Politics of Policy Diffusion: Party Organization versus
Individual Motivations in the Diffusion of Participatory Budgeting
in Brazil</h1>. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/zk51vd7055j.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Shum M. The Politics of Policy Diffusion: Party Organization versus
Individual Motivations in the Diffusion of Participatory Budgeting
in Brazil</h1>. [Thesis]. University of Notre Dame; 2017. Available from: https://curate.nd.edu/show/zk51vd7055j
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
29.
Herrera, Bronson.
Public Opinion, Policy, and Evangelicals: How Religion Continues to Impact Life in America.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2018, University of Kansas
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27999
► Abstract: Understanding the determinants that shape public opinion and policy preference requires a thoughtful examination of social identity. In the United States, religion has not…
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▼ Abstract: Understanding the determinants that shape public opinion and
policy preference requires a thoughtful examination of social identity. In the United States, religion has not only been a power force for group formation, but has had a consistent impact on individual opinion. To explore the role of social identity on public opinion, I primarily examine the
policy preferences of Evangelicals. First, I examine whether Evangelicals and gun owners are more punitive and aggressive in their attitudes towards the death penalty and the use of military force against militant Muslim groups. Second, I explore if Evangelicals perceive discrimination against Christians, their support for the religious rights frame, and
policy preferences for out-groups. Finally, using the
policy diffusion framework, I examine whether or not the number of Evangelicals affects the passage of Religious Freedom Restoration Acts across the states. My findings suggest that social identity does impact public opinion and
policy preference. Furthermore, religious social identity still impacts life in American.
Advisors/Committee Members: Haider-Markel, Donald P (advisor), Joslyn, Mark (cmtemember), Miller, Patrick (cmtemember), Bejarano, Christina (cmtemember), Molina, Ludwin (cmtemember).
Subjects/Keywords: Political science; Diffusion; Public Opinion; Public Policy; Religion
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Herrera, B. (2018). Public Opinion, Policy, and Evangelicals: How Religion Continues to Impact Life in America. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Kansas. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27999
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Herrera, Bronson. “Public Opinion, Policy, and Evangelicals: How Religion Continues to Impact Life in America.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Kansas. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27999.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Herrera, Bronson. “Public Opinion, Policy, and Evangelicals: How Religion Continues to Impact Life in America.” 2018. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Herrera B. Public Opinion, Policy, and Evangelicals: How Religion Continues to Impact Life in America. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Kansas; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27999.
Council of Science Editors:
Herrera B. Public Opinion, Policy, and Evangelicals: How Religion Continues to Impact Life in America. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Kansas; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27999
University of Georgia
30.
Lee, Jungeun.
The worldwide diffusion and institutionalization of lifelong learning:.
Degree: 2018, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37859
► This study examined the worldwide diffusion and institutionalization of lifelong learning between 1996 and 2015.Using data from UNESCO National Reports on Adult Learning and Education,…
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▼ This study examined the worldwide diffusion and institutionalization of lifelong learning between 1996 and 2015.Using data from UNESCO National Reports on Adult Learning and Education, this study documented the diffusion patterns and
investigated factors that influenced the diffusion of lifelong learning policies. The study found that 73% of countries (N=151) adopted lifelong learning policies between 1996 and 2015. The result also revealed that the adoption of lifelong learning
rapidly increased during the earlier period (between 1996 and 2007), and then the growth rate leveled off during the later period (after 2007). Many European countries adopted lifelong learning policies during the earlier period; however, a number of low
and low-middle income countries in Africa, Latin American, and the Caribbean also adopted lifelong learning policies during this period of time. Among various policy components including basic education, vocational education, adult education, and
lifelong learning, 39% of countries adopted at least one out of the four components, while 33% adopted more than one of the policy approaches. Basic education and adult education were two components adopted by the largest number of countries. The results
of event history analyses of factors that influenced the diffusion process showed that economic and political development had positive effects on the diffusion of lifelong learning policies but only during the earlier period (from 1996 to 2007). In
addition, global and regional density, organizational linkage to world society, and participation in international meetings showed positive effects on the diffusion of lifelong learning, specifically during the later period (after 2007). These findings
support the relevance of both modernization theory and sociological institutionalism in understanding the diffusion of lifelong learning. Lastly, the findings suggest that although international organizations play critical roles in disseminating the
overarching policy framework of lifelog learning, the way in which the discourse is interpreted and translated into policy varies, depending on national contexts.
Subjects/Keywords: Lifelong learning; Policy diffusion; International Organization; Sociological institutionalism; World society
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APA (6th Edition):
Lee, J. (2018). The worldwide diffusion and institutionalization of lifelong learning:. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37859
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lee, Jungeun. “The worldwide diffusion and institutionalization of lifelong learning:.” 2018. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed January 18, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37859.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lee, Jungeun. “The worldwide diffusion and institutionalization of lifelong learning:.” 2018. Web. 18 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Lee J. The worldwide diffusion and institutionalization of lifelong learning:. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 18].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37859.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Lee J. The worldwide diffusion and institutionalization of lifelong learning:. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/37859
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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