The Theory and Practice of Institutional Transplantation: Experiences with the Transfer of Policy Institutions: 74 (GeoJournal Library, 74) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402010494 ISBN 13: 9781402010491

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

This title provides insights into the empirical experiences of countries adopting policy institutions from other countries, in order to improve the performance or legitimacy of their own institutional structures. Both students of public and private administration, planning, political science, political geography, and comparative law recognise this issue as of high and increasing relevance. The volume presents a conceptual framework to grasp the potentials and limitations of institutional transplantation and features a collection of characteristic case studies drawn from 14 different countries on the actual process of institutional transplantation. These accounts cover a large variety of institutions including spatial and transport planning, education, housing, welfare, privatisation and political representation. The concluding chapter provides an overview of the advantages and dangers involved in adopting foreign policy institutions and the state of the art of our understanding of policy transfer and lesson-drawing in the context of the relevant academic disciplines.

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"This is an important book for all those involved in transnational exchange of planning experiences and in comparative studies of planning institutions, policies and practices. a ] The book centres on wide-ranging examples, both in terms of policy fields and of a ~borrowinga (TM) countries, which gives a rich field for developing the core ideas of the book. a ] this well-edited book provides a richly structured challenge to policy makers, planning advisers and analysts a ] ." (Patsy Healey, International Planning Studies, Vol. 9 (2-3), 2004)

Synopsis

This book provides insights into the empirical experiences of countries adopting policy institutions from other countries, in order to improve the performance or legitimacy of their own institutional structures. Both students of public and private administration, planning, political science, political geography, and comparative law recognise this issue as of high and increasing relevance. The volume presents a conceptual framework to grasp the potentials and limitations of institutional transplantation and features a collection of characteristic case studies drawn from 14 different countries on the actual process of institutional transplantation. These accounts cover a large variety of institutions including spatial and transport planning, education, housing, welfare, privatisation and political representation. The concluding chapter provides an overview of the advantages and dangers involved in adopting foreign policy institutions and the state of the art of our understanding of policy transfer and lesson-drawing in the context of the relevant academic disciplines.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402010494
• ISBN 13: 9781402010491
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 324
• Editor: De Jong M., Lalenis K., Mamadouh V.D.