Gary P. Freeman, Chair
BAT 2.116, Mailcode A1800, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-471-5121
Panel on the Diffusion of Public Policies
Thu, March 5, 2009 • 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM • BAT 5.108
How do policies diffuse across political systems—nations, US states, or other kinds of ‘policy producing’ units? Do they systematically learn from the trials of earlier policy adopters? Do they imitate without analysis in a frenzy of contagion? Are the new policies all determined by internal politics, with nothing to do with either learning or contagion?
Panelists:Graeme Boushey, San Francisco State University
Andy Karch, University of Texas
Bryan Jones, University of Texas, convenor
Sponsored by: Policy Agendas Project, Department of Government
