On waves clusters, and diffusion : a conceptual framework
By: ELKINS, Zachary
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Contributor(s): SIMMONS, Beth.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, March 2005The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 598, p. 33-51Abstract: This article makes a conceptual and theoretical contribution to the study of diffusion. The authors suggest that the concept of diffusion be reserved for process (not outcomes) characterized by a certain uncoordinated interdependence. Theoretically, the autors identify the principal sources of clustered policy reforms. They then clarify the caracteristics specific to diffusion mechanisms and introduce a categorization of such processes. In particular, they make a distinction between two types of diffusion: adaptation and learning. They argue that this categorization adds conceptual clarity and distinguishes mechanisms with distinct substantive consequences
This article makes a conceptual and theoretical contribution to the study of diffusion. The authors suggest that the concept of diffusion be reserved for process (not outcomes) characterized by a certain uncoordinated interdependence. Theoretically, the autors identify the principal sources of clustered policy reforms. They then clarify the caracteristics specific to diffusion mechanisms and introduce a categorization of such processes. In particular, they make a distinction between two types of diffusion: adaptation and learning. They argue that this categorization adds conceptual clarity and distinguishes mechanisms with distinct substantive consequences
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