Innovation or the creation and diffusion of new material, social and cultural things in society
has been widely studied in sociology and across the social sciences, with investigations …

Summary In 1969, political scientist Jack Walker published'The Diffusion of Innovations
among the American States' in the American Political Science Review.'Walker 1969'has …

Building on a deep theoretical foundation and drawing on numerous examples, we examine
how policies spread across the American states. We argue that for good policies to spread …

This article examines trends in American state environmental policy scholarship from 1990
to 2019 and assesses the progress that has been made during that time in addressing the …

" Among the potential benefits of American federalism is the ability of states to serve as
policy laboratories, adopting novel policies to address their needs, abandoning …

Abstract In the United States, some of the most important environmental policy innovations of
the past decades have occurred at the state level. Net metering policy is one kind of policy …

In recent years, the federal government's increasing inability to address major societal
challenges has arguably hampered America's commitment to renewable energy initiatives …

States and interest groups are facilitating a redistribution of government powers under a new
courts-first federalism. States are working to claw back powers while interest groups drafting …

Policy innovation is critical to improve governance capacity; however, contemporary
research mainly focuses on diffusion and adoption, disregarding the next stage, namely …

Previous scholarship has linked increased representation of women, racial/ethnic minorities,
the LGB community, and the working class to more representative legislative agendas and …