Policy diffusion and policy transfer

Marsh, David; Sharman, J. C.

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“…Policy diffusion takes place 'when one government's decision about whether to adopt a policy innovation is influenced by the choices made by other governments' (Graham, Shipan and Volden 2012: 3). Marsh and Sharman (2010) note that there are discussions about whether policy transfer and diffusion are part of the same process. The authors regard those concepts as overlapping and complementary, a position adopted in this article.…”

Section: Policy Transfer and Policy Diffusionmentioning

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“…Internal constraints have also played a role in undermining the participation of cities in UTSC activities. From this, it is possible to deduce which mechanisms are involved in UTSC policy transfer and diffusion, such as learning and mimicry, which means that the process occurs from a voluntary and an indirectly coercive point of view (Dolowitz and Marsh 1996;2000;Marsh and Sharman 2010;Graham, Shipan and Volden 2012). Participation in the UTSC is voluntary, as is the process of discussing and presenting experiences and good practices in respect of citizen security public policies.…”

Section: Citizen Security In Mercocities: a Brief Analysis Of The Utscmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These constraints and possibilities are linked to the four main mechanisms in policy transfer/diffusion, namely learning, competition, coercion and mimicry (Marsh and Sharman 2010). The first mechanism, learning, is related to voluntary transfers/diffusion when actors choose to transfer policies due to a perceived interest.…”

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“…Coercion, understood as direct coercion, occurs when a policy or set of policies is imposed by a country or an international or supranational organisation, and must be implemented. Mimicry, also called emulation or socialisation, occurs when policies are adopted for normative reasons, notably their social value, rather than their technical merits, which is also an indirect coercive form of transfer/diffusion (Dolowitz andMarsh 1996, 2000;Marsh and Sharman 2010;Graham, Shipan and Volden 2012).…”

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“…Mercocities became an important and dynamic cities network inside Mercosur, and a vehicle for a more active role for cities in the regional integration process. Note that emulation is also characterised as a type of mimicry (Marsh and Sharman 2010).…”

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Paradiplomacy, Security Policies and City Networks: the Case of the Mercocities Citizen Security Thematic Unit

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2017

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Abstract:In a phenomenon known as paradiplomacy, cities are playing an increasingly important role in international relations. Through paradiplomacy, cities are co-operating internationally with other cities, and city networks have become important spaces for sharing experiences of and best practices in local public policy. Moreover, security policy is a increasingly important part of local policy-making. In Latin America, the concept of citizen security, based on a democratic and human rights approach, has developed in response to the legacy of authoritarian regimes from the 1960s to the 1980s. This article examines how security policies have been disseminated, discussed and transferred through Mercocities, the main city network in South America.

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Policy Transfer and Instrument Constituency: Explaining the Adoption of Conditional Cash Transfer in the Philippines

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Howlett

2019

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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Transnational policy transfer is a well-documented phenomenon with studies from across many disciplines. However, the literature tends to over-theorize but under-operationalize what is transferred and how it is transferred. A significant issue in this regard concerns 'agency': that is, who is supplying and who is demanding policy lessons and examples. This paper highlights a relatively new concept in comparative policy studies, that of the 'instrument constituency', within the framework of transnational policymaking. It argues that instrument constituencies or groups of actors unified by their strong affinity with a specific policy tool are key agents in the transfer process, acting as suppliers and brokers of policy ideas, constantly searching to match their preferred solutions to policy problems. As this paper will show, incorporating such constituencies into policy transfer studies allows a better understanding of transfer as part of a sequential process of diffusion, and how knowledge about a policy instrument is assembled and transferred.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Exploring educational policy transfer: A structure–agency perspective

Yang

2023

British Educational Res J

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This study presents some of the current methodological issues regarding the analysis and comprehension of educational policy transfer, with particular emphasis on the issue of structure and agency. It suggests some shortcomings of current educational policy transfer research in dealing with the complex interaction between structure and agency. To fill those voids, drawing from Archer's morphogenetic approach in educational policy transfer, an alternative framework of educational policy transfer is presented. A case from the author's current research on China's interest in Japanese vocational education during the late Qing Dynasty is given to explain the usage of this new interpretive framework. It is hoped that this new conceptual framework will aid in analysing educational policy transfer and open up a new methodological and theoretical space for future educational policy transfer research.

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Policy diffusion and policy transfer

Cited by 501 publications

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Paradiplomacy, Security Policies and City Networks: the Case of the Mercocities Citizen Security Thematic Unit

Paradiplomacy, Security Policies and City Networks: the Case of the Mercocities Citizen Security Thematic Unit

Policy Transfer and Instrument Constituency: Explaining the Adoption of Conditional Cash Transfer in the Philippines

Exploring educational policy transfer: A structure–agency perspective

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