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Emulation and Policy Adoptions in the Canadian Provinces*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2009

James M. Lutz
James M. Lutz
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Indiana University
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Abstract

Previous research has analyzed the various characteristics associated with the adoption of policies by the Canadian provinces. Since a number of provinces have appeared as regional leaders in the adoption of these policies, there would seem to be an emulation effect among the provinces similar to that found for the adoption of policies by states in the United States. The provinces that demonstrated leadership varied to some extent, depending upon the types of policies in question.

Résumé

Les recherches antérieures ont analysé les diverses caractéristiques liées à l'adoption des règlements et procédures par les provinces canadiennes. Quelques provinces sont apparues en tête de région en ce qui concerne l'adoption de ces règlements et procédures, et il semblerait qu'il y ait là en jeu un effet d'émulation similaire à celui que l'on retrouve dans l'adoption de réglements et lignes de conduite des États aux États-Unis. Les provinces qui se sont trouvées à l'avant-garde diffèrent quelque peu les unes des autres, selon le type de réglements en question.

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Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 147 - 154
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Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association (l'Association canadienne de science politique) and/et la Société québécoise de science politique 1989

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9 Poel, “The Diffusion of Legislation among the Canadian Provinces,” 617.

10 See Poel, “The Diffusion of Legislation among the Canadian Provinces,” 608–10; and Lutz, “The Spatial and Temporal Diffusion of Selected Licensing Laws in the United States,” 145.

11 Lutz, “Regional Leadership Patterns in the Diffusion of Public Policies,” 392.