The Epistemic Community

Miller, Hugh T.; Fox, Charles J.

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“…These communities are networks of "professionals with recognized expertise and competence in a particular domain and an authoritative claim to policyrelevant knowledge within that domain or issue-area" (Haas, 1992:3). The actors in these communities share common notions of validity -that is, intersubjective, internally defined criteria for weighing and validating knowledge in their domain of expertise -and a common policy enterprise to which their professional competence is directed (Haas, 1992;Zito, 2001;Miller and Fox, 2001).…”

Section: Opening the Black Box Of Policy Diffusion: The Concept Of Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diffusion of CCTs from Latin America to Asia: the Philippine 4Ps case

2018

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The purpose of this study is to understand the role of international and domestic actors, ideas and processes in the diffusion of public policies. It argues that existing studies on the subject do not provide an adequate explanation of the mechanisms through which diffusion takes place, nor do they sufficiently address the roles of actors affecting the policy transfer process. We address these shortcomings by studying the diffusion of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs from Brazil and Mexico to the Philippines over the past decade. We use the concept of an 'instrument constituency' to delineate and trace the various actors and channels involved in the diffusion of CCTs. The case study shows that these groups of actors dedicated to the articulation, adoption and expansion of particular policy instruments are central players in transnational diffusion of policies and offer a robust explanation of the phenomenon. Keywords: policy diffusion; CCT; instrument constituency. Difusão dos PTCs da América Latina para a Ásia: o caso do programa 4Ps nas FilipinasO objetivo deste estudo é compreender o papel de atores, ideias e processos nacionais e internacionais no que diz respeito à difusão de políticas públicas. Observa-se que os estudos existentes sobre esse tema não oferecem uma explicação adequada sobre os mecanismos pelos quais essa difusão ocorre, bem como não abordam definitivamente os papéis dos atores envolvidos no processo de transferência de políticas. Em virtude desse quadro, este trabalho busca contribuir por meio do estudo do processo de difusão, ao longo da última década, de programas de transferência condicionada de renda (PTCs) do Brasil e do México para as Filipinas. Ainda, usamos o conceito de "grupo de defesa de instrumento de política pública" para delinear e compreender os diversos atores e canais envolvidos com a difusão dos PTCs. O estudo de caso mostra que esses grupos de atores dedicados a articulação, adoção e expansão de políticas específicas são centrais para sua difusão para outros países e para explicar esse fenômeno com maior propriedade. Palavras-chave: difusão de políticas; PTC; grupo de defesa de instrumento de política pública. Difusión de los PTC de América Latina en Asia: el caso del programa 4Ps en FilipinasEl objetivo de este estudio es comprender el papel de actores, ideas y procesos nacionales e internacionales en lo que respecta a la difusión de políticas públicas. Se observa que los estudios existentes sobre ese tema no ofrecen 265una explicación adecuada sobre los mecanismos por los cuales se da esa difusión; asimismo, no abordan definitivamente los papeles de los actores involucrados en el proceso de transferencia de políticas. En virtud de ese panorama, este trabajo se propone contribuir mediante el estudio del proceso de difusión -durante la última década -de los programas de transferencia monetaria condicionada (PTC) de Brasil y de México en las Filipinas. Además, usamos el concepto de "grupo de defensa de instrumento de política pública" para delinear y comprender lo...

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Section: Opening the Black Box Of Policy Diffusion: The Concept Of Inmentioning

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Diffusion of CCTs from Latin America to Asia: the Philippine 4Ps case

2018

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“…This phenomenon could be referred to as an ''echo chamber'' effect; i.e., the creation of a community within which knowledge and truth claims tend to be re-arranged to fit the preexisting conceptual schemes that already are dominant and accepted by the community. The community's norms and practices both enable and delimit what is feasible and worth striving for (Miller and Fox, 2001).…”

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Characterizing the international carbon capture and storage community

Stephens

Hansson

Liu

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Global Environmental Change

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“…European institutions establish a normative script with a distinct set of expectations in reference to which national actors form their preferences. In this respect, one can conceptualize the European polity also in terms of an 'epistemic community' (Miller and Fox, 2001) distinguished by a distinct set of shared perceptions of reality and norms. This shifts the analytical attention to discursive practices and the influence of ideas and identities in shaping Europeanization (see Kratochvil, 2008).…”

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Contested neighbourhood: Toward the ‘Europeanization’ of Moldova?

Schmidtke

Chira-Pascanut

2011

Comp Eur Polit

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The lack of a credible membership promise and a re-invigorated Russia have transformed the environment in which the European Union (EU) seeks to bolster its external policy in Central Eastern Europe. Examining Moldova, a country with concurrent commitments to creating strong bonds with the EU and Russia, the article analyses the challenges and opportunities to 'Europeanize' the EU's Eastern neighbourhood. It shows that the effects of Europeanization do not solely depend on the incentives offered by Brussels, but significantly on the willingness of the elite and population to adopt these concepts and on external factors, such as the politics of Russia.

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The Epistemic Community

Cited by 78 publications

References 3 publications

Diffusion of CCTs from Latin America to Asia: the Philippine 4Ps case

Diffusion of CCTs from Latin America to Asia: the Philippine 4Ps case

Characterizing the international carbon capture and storage community

Contested neighbourhood: Toward the ‘Europeanization’ of Moldova?

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