The democratic foundations of policy diffusion : how health, family and employment laws spread across countries / Katerina Linos.

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Linos, Katerina [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199967889
0199967881
0199333270
9780199333271

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Democratic Foundations of policy diffusion.DDC classification:

344.03/21 23

LOC classification:

K590.5 .L56 2013eb

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. A Theory of Diffusion Through Democratic Mechanisms; 3. How Americans View Foreign Models; 4. National Health Services Across OECD Countries; 5. Health Reforms in the United Kingdom, Spain and Greece; 6. Family Policy Diffusion Across OECD Countries; 7. Family Policy Developments in Greece and Spain; 8. Conclusions and Implications; Acronym Table; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

Summary: This book argues that laws spread around the world not through elite networks of technocrats, but through domestic democracy. It combines public opinion experiments, election campaign data legislative debates, and policy adoption patterns to document how international models generated domestic support for health family, and employment law reforms across rich democracies.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-224) and index.

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This book argues that laws spread around the world not through elite networks of technocrats, but through domestic democracy. It combines public opinion experiments, election campaign data legislative debates, and policy adoption patterns to document how international models generated domestic support for health family, and employment law reforms across rich democracies.

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