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This book explores how policy ideas are spread - or diffused - in an age in which policymaking has become increasingly complex and specialized. Using the concept of enterprise zones as a case study in policy diffusion, Karen Mossberger compares the process of their adoption in Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Massachusetts over a twelve-year period. Enterprise zones were first proposed by the Reagan administration as a supply-side effort to reenergize inner cities, and they were eventually embraced by liberals and conservatives alike. They are a compelling example of a policy idea that spread and evolved rapidly. Mossberger describes the information networks and decision-making processes in the five states, assessing whether enterprise zones spread opportunistically, as a mere fad, or whether well-informed deliberation preceded their adoption.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Regional government

• Full title: Politics of Ideas and the Spread of Enterprise Zones
• Author: Karen Mossberger
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780878408016
• ISBN: 0878408010
• ID: 04751678
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Weight: 399 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. July 2000

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