Why Bad Policies Spread (And Good Ones Don''t)

In our federal system good policies can spread, but systematic issues can prevent this and allow bad policies to spread.

List of contents

1. The Laboratories of Democracy; 2. The Promise: How Good Policies Can Spread (While Bad Ones Can Be Contained); 3. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?; 4. Back to the Laboratory.

Summary

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 while bad policies are pushed aside, states must learn from one another.

Product details

• Authors: Charles R. Shipan, Charles R. Volden Shipan, Shipan Charles R., Craig Volden, Volden Craig
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781009100304
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0910030-4
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in American Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Comparative Politics, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements, Political structure and processes