Public Policy Circulation

Edited by Tom Baker, School of Environment, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Christopher Walker, Australia and New Zealand School of Government, Australia

'Policy diffusion, then policy transfer and now ''policy circulation''. The movement of policy not only across countries but also across time, between policy sectors and through different arenas of governance is a defining feature of our times. This book captures the circulation - how policy is trafficked and transformed in the process of its movement across these dimensions. A 'tour de force', this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how and why policy moves.'--Diane Stone, Centenary Professor, University of Canberra, Australia'In Public Policy Circulation: Arenas, Agents and Actions Tom Baker and Chris Walker have gathered together an impressive set of authors, who surgically dissect the actors and arenas in which policy transfer occurs. In doing this, the collected work offers new insights into how policies circulate around the globe. Importantly, the collection is one of the first to focus on the role of south-to-south and south-to-north policy transfers. This alone, makes this text a required reading for anyone interested in the circulation of policies that are increasingly shaping the global policy fora.'--David P. Dolowitz, University of Liverpool, UK

• Contents:Introduction1. Introduction Tom Baker and Christopher WalkerArenas2. Policy circulation through the Twitterverse: The case of Arctic development policyJennifer Spence3. Seeing is believing? Understanding policy tourism as an arena for policy circulationTom Baker and Pauline McGuirk4. The South as an arena of policy circulation: South-South cooperation on human rights policiesMichelle Morais de Sá e SilvaAgents5. Big philanthropies as agents of policy circulation in development: Examining the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationRoosa Jolkkonen6. The business of global intermediaries in the promotion of bus rapid transitAstrid Wood7. Failure is an option: Epistemic communities and the circulation of Health Technology AssessmentAlexandru Rusu and Olga LöblováActions8. Collaborative interactions: Understanding transfer success in transport regulation and compliance policiesChristopher Walker9. Policy transfer strategies: How agents’ actions ensure lessons from abroad stick at homeMauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna10. Enacting persuasion: Storytelling, emotional artefacts and face-to-face encounters as key actions behind policy circulationSergio Montero11. Policy narratives and policy transfer mechanisms: Towards a research agendaTitilayo SoremiConclusion12. Prospects for policy circulation studies: Towards engaged pluralism?Tom Baker, Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna, Roosa Jolkkonen, Olga Löblová, Pauline McGuirk, Sergio Montero, Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva, Alexandru Rusu, Titilayo Soremi, Jennifer Spence, Christopher Walker and Astrid WoodIndex