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Understanding Cross National Policy Transfers: The Case of Britain and the US
Author(s) -
WOLMAN HAROLD
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0491.1992.tb00027.x
Subject(s) - policy transfer , policy learning , politics , process (computing) , political science , policy analysis , policy studies , public economics , economics , public administration , public policy , law , computer science , machine learning , operating system
Policy transfer across countries is occurring with increasing frequency. Yet, despite the fact that the importance of such policy learning is often cited as one of the primary rationales for comparative policy analysis, policy transfer is an under‐researched area of political science. This article examines and analyzes the actual process of policy transfer between the US and Britain and considers the relationship between policy transfer and the policymaking process.