POLICY TRANSFER IN IMMATURE POLICY ENVIRONMENTS: MOTIVES, SCOPE, ROLE MODELS AND AGENTS

Tiina Randma‐Liiv and Riin Kruusenberg

Public Administration & Development, 2012, vol. 32, issue 2, 154-166

Abstract: SUMMARY The present study aims to contribute to the existing policy transfer research by examining the immature policy environments of post‐communist countries. To determine the main factors explaining the process of policy transfer, the establishment of probation systems in Estonia and Latvia is analyzed by applying a comparative case study design. The study demonstrates that timing is an important variable in the policy transfer in a transitional setting. A transitional context in itself is likely to lead to policy transfer because of urgent decision‐making needs, a shortage of domestic expertise and of financial resources. The process of policy transfer can be characterized as quite fortuitous: the choice of role models is limited to the existing or first contacts with foreign partners who are able to provide financial assistance. Improvement of administrative capacity is seen as a key factor in the shift from haphazard policy copying to responsible policy transfer. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2012
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