Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Diffusion and Decision Making in Five States 1
  • 2. Decision-Making Models 25
  • 3. Washington's Most Successful Nonprogram 54
  • 4. Diffusion in the States: Old Wine in New Bottles? 80
  • 5. Polydiffusion in an Intergovernmental Network 95
  • 6. Diffusion of a Policy Label 116
  • 7. Informed Decision Making 131
  • 8. A Decision-Making Continuum 159
  • 9. Conclusion: Diffusion, Decision Making, and the Politics of Ideas 190
  • Appendix 1. Methodology 213
  • Appendix 2. Legislative Questions 222
  • Appendix 3. Administrative Questions 225
  • Appendix 4. Washington Interviews 227
  • Appendix 5. Respondents 228.