TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of reinvention
T2 - The nature of evolution during policy diffusion
AU - Hays, Scott P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the University of California, San Diego Interfaces Graduate Training Program and a San Diego Fellowship, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant FA9550-18-1-0051 (M. Bell, P. Rangamani, and T. Sejnowski), and the National Institutes of Health (grant T32EB009380). The authors declare no competing financial interests.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - This study considers how states change policy innovations as they diffuse. This process of policy evolution during diffusion, known as reinvention, has been the focus of recent work on innovation diffusion in the states (Clark, 1985; Glick, 1992; Glick & Hays, 1991; Mooney & Lee, 1995). This manuscript focuses on differences in the patterns of reinvention for three different policy innovations with different rates of diffusion: child abuse reporting laws, crime victim compensation laws, and public campaign funding laws. Moreover, how the pattern changes after states amend their initial laws is examined. The data show evidence of reinvention during diffusion but provide only limited support for the first hypothesis that the pattern of reinvention is one of increasing comprehensiveness over time. Consistent with expectations, the data reveal little relationship between the date of adoption and the current law's comprehensiveness, including amendment.
AB - This study considers how states change policy innovations as they diffuse. This process of policy evolution during diffusion, known as reinvention, has been the focus of recent work on innovation diffusion in the states (Clark, 1985; Glick, 1992; Glick & Hays, 1991; Mooney & Lee, 1995). This manuscript focuses on differences in the patterns of reinvention for three different policy innovations with different rates of diffusion: child abuse reporting laws, crime victim compensation laws, and public campaign funding laws. Moreover, how the pattern changes after states amend their initial laws is examined. The data show evidence of reinvention during diffusion but provide only limited support for the first hypothesis that the pattern of reinvention is one of increasing comprehensiveness over time. Consistent with expectations, the data reveal little relationship between the date of adoption and the current law's comprehensiveness, including amendment.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1996.tb01646.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1996.tb01646.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:5344278310
SN - 0190-292X
VL - 24
SP - 551
EP - 566
JO - Policy Studies Journal
JF - Policy Studies Journal
IS - 4
ER -