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

Develops and uses 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 that between the US and Britain. Introduces and illustrates concepts 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. Each study also reveals problems of adapting "foreign" models to their new settings. Dolowitz teaches public and social policy at the University of Liverpool. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR