This paper demonstrates that, since 1945, migration policies have overall become less
restrictive. Challenging common assumptions, this long-term trend is robust across most of …

This chapter reviews the dominant theories of government innovation in the public policy
literature. It shows that these theories borrow heavily from others developed to explain …

This article discusses the recent literature on policy diffusion and puts forward a new
articulation of its political dimensions. Policy diffusion means that policies in one unit …

A growing literature in public policy, comparative politics and international relations has
studied how the policies of one unit (eg country, federal state or city) are influenced by the …

Public policy permeates every aspect of our lives. It is the stuff of government, justifying
taxes, driving legislation, and sha** our social services. Public policy gives us roads …

An increased interest in policy diffusion research on China has emerged in recent years.
However, the multiple diffusion mechanisms in China have not been explored adequately. In …

The seventh edition of this classic handbook on the policy process is fully updated, featuring
new material on policy making amid local and global disruption, the contestable nature of …

This study develops and tests a theory of the diffusion life course using a dataset of 566
policies adopted between 1960 and 2016. Previous small‐N studies found differences …

Research on policy reinvention tends to focus on whether policies become more or less
comprehensive over time while neglecting to explain copying policy language verbatim. We …

Networks of non-state actors and subnational governments have proliferated since the Paris
Agreement formally recognized their contributions to global climate change governance …