TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the transfer of policy failure
T2 - Bricolage, experimentalism and translation
AU - STONE, Diane
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This article re-assesses the literature on policy transfer and diffusion in light of what constitutes failure or limited success. First, it looks at imperfect, incomplete or uninformed transfer processes. Second, it addresses the concept of 'negative lesson-drawing' as well as the role of interlocutors who complicate policy transfer processes. Third, the idea of 'transfer' as a neat linear transmission of an intact policy approach is criticised by drawing attention to hybridity, synthesis, adaptation and 'localisation'. Finally, policy 'translation' is a better conceptual framework for comprehending the learning and policy innovations that come with the trial and error inherent in policymaking.
AB - This article re-assesses the literature on policy transfer and diffusion in light of what constitutes failure or limited success. First, it looks at imperfect, incomplete or uninformed transfer processes. Second, it addresses the concept of 'negative lesson-drawing' as well as the role of interlocutors who complicate policy transfer processes. Third, the idea of 'transfer' as a neat linear transmission of an intact policy approach is criticised by drawing attention to hybridity, synthesis, adaptation and 'localisation'. Finally, policy 'translation' is a better conceptual framework for comprehending the learning and policy innovations that come with the trial and error inherent in policymaking.
KW - Policy failure
KW - Policy learning
KW - Policy transfer
KW - Policy translation
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/understanding-transfer-policy-failure-bricolage-experimentalism-translation
U2 - 10.1332/030557316X14748914098041
DO - 10.1332/030557316X14748914098041
M3 - Article
SN - 0305-5736
VL - 45
SP - 55
EP - 70
JO - Policy and Politics
JF - Policy and Politics
IS - 1
ER -