Policy transfer, policy mobility, and policy hegemony in the penal field

Alessandro Corda

Chapter 3 in Research Handbook on Penal Policy, 2026, pp 44-65 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Chapter 3 examines the cross-border movement of penal policies through the conceptual lenses of policy transfer, policy mobility, and policy hegemony. In a globally interconnected world, penal policy ideas increasingly travel across jurisdictions, shaped by complex interactions between local contexts and global power dynamics. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship, the chapter analyzes how and why penal policies are adopted, adapted, or resisted, and critically assesses the actors and mechanisms driving these transnational flows. Emphasizing the politically charged and culturally embedded nature of penal policymaking, it challenges technocratic models and advocates for more pluralistic, context-sensitive approaches to penal reform – ones that take seriously local conditions, power asymmetries, and the contested character of penal policy in the global age.

Keywords: Policy transfer; Policy mobility; Policy hegemony; Comparative penal policy; Penal innovation; Penal field (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035308521
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