Policy Transfer and British Social Policy : Learning from the U. S. A.?

Dolowitz, David P.

ISBN 10: 0335199917 / ISBN 13: 9780335199914

Published by McGraw-Hill Education, 2000

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Synopsis:

Over the past twenty years the British State has undergone fundamental transformations in most areas of public policy, particularly those associated with social policy - welfare, health, education, and law and order. The purpose of this book is to develop and use a model of policy transfer to illustrate how many of the recent changes in British public policy can be traced directly to the process of policy transfer, particularly policy transfer between the United States and Britain. It introduces and illustrates the concept of policy transfer through a selection of case studies, demonstrating its role in the development of particular policy areas, each of which involve different processes, actors and implications. At the same time, each case study also reveals the serious problems in adapting 'foreign' models to their new settings. Policy Transfer and British Social Policy argues the wider usefulness of the concept of policy transfer in the analysis of policy and institutional development; its analysis and case studies will be invaluable to students and scholars in the fields of public policy, social policy, comparative politics and developmental studies.

About the Author: David P. Dolowitz is a Lecturer of Public and Social Policy at the University of Liverpool. His current research interests include how political systems influence each other, particularly in relation to the development of welfare-to-work and workfare programmes.Rob Hulme is Senior Lecturer in Education Policy at the University of Central Lancashire.Mike Nellis is a Lecturer in Probation Studies at the University of Birmingham.Fiona O'Neal is completing her doctoral thesis about the politics of the nursing profession at the University of Birmingham.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Policy Transfer and British Social Policy : ...
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition.