Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone?

Parinandi, Srinivas C.

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“…However, a qualitative examination of these policies in three adopter states reveals that California and Massachusetts passed greenhouse gas emissions reduction policies with varying degrees of enforceability, and Oregon's policy was purely symbolic, without the necessary regulatory "teeth" to ensure its goals would be achieved (Basseches 2023). While recent research is more attentive to the idea that policy content matters for politics and the policy process (e.g., Koski and Siddiki 2022;Parinandi 2023), the implications of policy details are often not visible through quantitative analysis, even when the operationalization of policy content is more granular or refined.…”

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Leveraging the insights of depth: A staged strategy for building qualitative case studies of American state‐level policy

Basseches,

Campbell,

Schoenfeld

2024

Social Science Quarterly

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ObjectiveThis article identifies and explains the need for qualitative case studies of U.S. state‐level public policy and politics before providing researchers with a practical roadmap for how to proceed.MethodsWe first review relevant research from political science and sociology to establish the need for qualitative policy‐focused state‐level case study research. We then lay out a three‐stage approach for case study research design and data collection.ResultsWe find that qualitative case study research into state‐level politics and policy making is useful for developing original theories that move beyond those developed at the federal level, for distinguishing between states and state policies in ways that are not easily measurable, and for conducting research that attends to variation in the meaning of policy design within different state contexts. We further find that barriers to conducting such research can be reduced by following a three‐stage strategy that we elaborate.ConclusionState‐level policy making yields essential processes and outcomes that social scientists across disciplines want to understand. Relying exclusively on quantitative methods will result in incomplete knowledge acquisition. Qualitative case studies, while time‐consuming, are worthwhile and achievable. Researchers seeking to conduct this research can follow a three‐stage strategy to make the process more manageable.

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Section: The Benefits Of Qualitative State-level Case Study Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leveraging the insights of depth: A staged strategy for building qualitative case studies of American state‐level policy

Basseches,

Campbell,

Schoenfeld

2024

Social Science Quarterly

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“…On the one hand, the success of wind energy development is heavily influenced by the ambitions and coordination of high-level stakeholders (compare the Swedish case) [132]. Besides 'free-riding' effects [19], non-ambitious national targets could also hinder development at subsequent planning levels [157]. For example, the national wind energy strategy in Norway was discontinued due to changes in political behavior, highlighting the need for political consensus and responsibility in coordinating the planning process [158].…”

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Coordination Challenges in Wind Energy Development: Lessons from Cross-Case Positive Planning Approaches to Avoid Multi-Level Governance ‘Free-Riding’

Weber

2023

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Achieving national targets on renewable energy poses several challenges, especially in multi-level governance environments. Incentives and specifications on wind energy development might cause uneven progress or even discrepancies. Therefore, governments have commenced adopting ‘positive planning’ to combine energy targets with spatial and land-use planning. Yet detailed discussions regarding wind energy development remain scarce. In this paper, I explore three explanatory case studies in Germany and Sweden, aiming to provide policymakers and planners with essential knowledge while presenting significant challenges and key lessons learned. Positive planning appears to center on a strong energy target focus, limited space, and a balanced approach, shaped by the sociopolitical context. While Germany has recently embraced positive planning, Sweden started ambitiously but is encountering planning and policy challenges. Planning agencies play a vital role in promoting wind energy targets at mid-scale levels, yet legally binding targets matter. Striking a balance between energy targets and addressing land-use concerns without disregarding them requires managing a delicate trade-off. Early communication and inter-agency collaboration, as seen in Sweden, might facilitate identifying compromises, navigating trade-offs between species protection and renewable energy and offering municipal incentives. Nonetheless, negotiating satisfactory spatial trade-offs for a long-term proof of concept remains a challenge.

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Investigating the politics and content of US State artificial intelligence legislation

Parinandi,

Crosson,

Peterson

et al. 2024

Bus. Polit.

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The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and its application by businesses has created a potential need for governmental regulation. While the federal government of the United States has largely sidestepped the issue of crafting law dictating limitations and expectations regarding the use of AI technology, US state legislatures have begun to take the lead in this area. Nonetheless, we know very little about how state legislatures have approached the design, pursuit, and adoption of AI policy and whether traditional political fault lines have manifested themselves in the AI issue area. Here, we gather data on the state-level adoption of AI policy, as well as roll call voting on AI bills (classified on the basis of consumer protection versus economic development), by state legislatures and analyze the political economy of AI legislation. We find that rising unemployment and inflation are negatively associated with a state’s AI policymaking. With respect to individual legislator support, we find that liberal lawmakers and Democrats are more likely to support bills establishing consumer protection requirements on AI usage. The results suggest that economic concerns loom large with AI and that traditional political fault lines may be establishing themselves in this area.

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Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone?

Cited by 4 publications

References 148 publications

Leveraging the insights of depth: A staged strategy for building qualitative case studies of American state‐level policy

Leveraging the insights of depth: A staged strategy for building qualitative case studies of American state‐level policy

Coordination Challenges in Wind Energy Development: Lessons from Cross-Case Positive Planning Approaches to Avoid Multi-Level Governance ‘Free-Riding’

Investigating the politics and content of US State artificial intelligence legislation

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