This research examines the innovation and diffusion of thirteen environmental policies in the American states. It focuses on three explanations of state legislative policy adoptions: (1) interaction between adopting and nonadopting states; (2) federal policy making; and (3) in-state forces. Using a longitudinal model of policy diffusion an analysis of interaction effects and the impact of federal policy on state adoptions was conducted. The policies included in the research have diffused by a variety of processes. In general policies lacking a federal counterpart (state preserve) and policies having a 'negative' federal inducement were less likely to diffuse through interaction. Federal interest usually acts to accelerate state adoptions, with inducements specifying sanctions for noncompliance by states having the greatest impact. / To examine the role of in-state forces a cross-sectional probability model was constructed. Imposing the assumption that the adoption of environmental policies are influenced by a similar set of factors, various resource, demand, and political variables were utilized to assess their unique impacts across policies. The most significant factor was found to be the professionalism of a state's legislature. Other relationships tended to cluster around certain policies suggesting that the forces of adoption are issue specific. / Lastly, the analysis of in-state determinants was integrated with the examination of diffusion. Two major trends were detected: (1) federal interest policies are more likely to be associated with the importance of legislative professionalism and other in-state resource factors; while (2) state preserve policies are less likely to be related to professionalism or any other in-state factors. In sum, the limited range of policies in this research indicates that the complexity of state adoptions should not be taken lightly. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-07, Section: A, page: 2442. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74879 |
| Contributors | TAGGART, WILLIAM AREND., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 314 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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