The politics of ideas and the spread of enterprise zones
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The politics of ideas and the spread of enterprise zones
（American governance and public policy）
Georgetown University Press, c2000
- : pbk
- : cloth
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Includes index
Bibliography: p. [241]-260
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: cloth ISBN 9780878408009
Description
Using the spread of enterprise zones as a case study, this book explores how policy ideas are diffused amongst states. Taking the adoption of such zones, a way of regenerating the inner cities, the book traces the decision making process through five states.
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: pbk ISBN 9780878408016
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This book explores how policy ideas are spread - or diffused - in an age in which policymaking has become increasingly complex and specialized. Using the concept of enterprise zones as a case study in policy diffusion, Karen Mossberger compares the process of their adoption in Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Massachusetts over a twelve-year period. Enterprise zones were first proposed by the Reagan administration as a supply-side effort to reenergize inner cities, and they were eventually embraced by liberals and conservatives alike. They are a compelling example of a policy idea that spread and evolved rapidly. Mossberger describes the information networks and decision-making processes in the five states, assessing whether enterprise zones spread opportunistically, as a mere fad, or whether well-informed deliberation preceded their adoption.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction: Diffusion and Decision Making in Five States Decision Making Models Washington's Most Successful Nonprogram Diffusion in the States: Old Wine in New Bottles? Polydiffusion in an Intergovernmental Network The Diffusion of a Policy Label Informed Decision Making A Decision-Making Continuum Conclusion: Diffusion, Decision Making, and the Politics of Ideas Postscript Appendix 1. Methodology Appendix 2. Legislative Questions Appendix 3. Administrative Questions Appendix 4. Washington Interviews Appendix 5. Respondents Chapter Notes References Index
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