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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Policy Adoption"”.
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State Implementation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: Analyses of Variation In Policy Adoption
… and administrative timing associated with CHIP adoption within a framework based on Kingdon's (1995, 92-93) problem, policy, and political streams. Four theoretical perspectives are drawn from the policy streams framework: (1) Agenda Setting; (2) Public Need; (3) Path Dependence; and (4) Socio - …
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A unified computational framework for modeling health policy adoption in complex real-world environments
The success of any large-scale policy intervention from public health campaigns to urban planning and economic policy ultimately depends on how individuals and organizations respond to these programs. This presents a fundamental and persistent challenge in predictive modeling of real-world …
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From Ideas to Actions: Hazard Mitigation Policy Adoption—Analysis of Floodplain Property Buyout Program
… change on natural hazards and communities. The adoption of such policies is a complex and dynamic process that requires a thorough understanding of the key factors influencing policy adoption. The United States has experienced a rise in the severity and frequency of floods, necessitating the …
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When is it Our Time?: An Event History Model of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights Policy Adoption
… the time of their formation until their desired policy output is produced.</p>
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Foundations for Policy Innovations: Exploring Local Policy Diffusion
… factors outside the county that influence policy adoption. Particular attention is given to external factors, or the possible ways that counties respond to the policies of their neighbors. This study focuses on the multiple external processes involved that contribute to policy adoption. …
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Does Adoption of the Healthy Eating Standards Impact Snack Quality in Local After-School Programs?
… was to describe the quality of snacks among both policy-adoption and comparison sites. The tertiary purpose of this study was to compare the quality of program versus non-program snacks in the ASPs. Methods: To meet the objective, a natural experiment followed a pre-post evaluation design to …
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Internationalization of Korean Higher Education
"Regarding policy pressures, the government's international policy adoption was not a significant driving force for Korean universities to internationalize their campuses. It has been Korean universities that have filtered and favored particular interpretations of the policy goals and …
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A critical analysis of Black Economic Empowerment funding structures and their impact on BEE effective ownership
… is an economic imperative. This has resulted in policy adoption by the government and the private sector driven Sector Charters. Agreeing that 25% of the economy should be in black hands by 2014. It is argued in this research that reliance of BEE investors on debt funding, creates serious doubts …
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Assessing the effectiveness of renewable-specific policies on global renewable capacities
… renewables within their borders. While early policy adopters were mostly developed countries, the number of developing countries adopting renewable-specific policies has expanded dramatically in the past decade. Given that the increase in future energy demand will be driven by the developing …
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Health and the Cities: The Responses of Educational Leaders to Health Education Policy
… in doing so. The study analyzes variations in policy implementation and effectiveness using survey data from students and school administrators. Key findings indicate inconsistencies in policy adoption, with resource limitations and administrative support playing pivotal roles in successful …
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Water provision within Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of Namibia
… and enhance a comprehensive framework for policy adoption and implementation, promoting sustainable water and sanitation service delivery in developing countries. The study adopted a qualitative research paradigm and it utilised various data collection techniques, including in-depth …
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A Descriptive Policy Analysis of State-Level Universal Preschool Adoption
… of comprehensive and streamlined federal ECE policy, several states have attempted to at least provide universal preschool to all four-year-old children. For states that aim to adopt universal preschool, it is critical to understand the factors, political conditions, and policy environments …
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The Adoption of Feminist Policies Under Conservative Governments
… The dissertation finds that (a) feminist policy adoption under conservative governments is successful when coalition constraints facilitate the inclusion of the feminist policy on the policy agenda of the coalition government; and (b) when critical actors occupy veto player positions …
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Diffusion of Environmental Protection Single-Use Plastic Bags Ban Policy in California
<p>Since the introduction of policy diffusion theory to understand how and why policies diffuse and are adopted across different jurisdictions, regions, or countries, the concept of policy adoption behavior, policy diffusion patterns, and the mechanism of policy diffusion have been extensively …
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Affirmative action for women: an assessment of progress at doctorate-granting universities and an analysis of successful approaches
… intervention mobilized leaders at the point of policy adoption, but had little effect on implementation. All three campuses monitored faculty appointments closely and gave affirmative action issues high administrative priority.
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The Diffusion of Climate Protection Planning among U.S. Municipalities
… and institutional obstacles that limit the adoption and implementation of those plans. The literature on climate protection planning identifies some of the factors that lead municipalities to join relevant policy networks, but provides little guidance for overcoming the aforementioned …
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Policy innovation and change: the diffusion and modification of the renewable portfolio standard, 1994 – 2014
… has not enacted a national renewable energy policy. Inertia at this level of government creates a policy space that allows American states to take the lead. State policy drives clean energy development. By the fall of 2014, every state in the nation had adopted at least one policy supportive …
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Strategies for climate change mitigation: policy and technological considerations
The present thesis addresses the policy and technological aspects of national (and sub-national) greenhouse gases (GHG) abatement strategies. Two of the three chapters of this thesis explore the former, respectively investigating (i) domestic political economy constraints and (ii) processes of …
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School Board Decision Making about the Adoption of Equity Policies in Education: Relevance for the Equitable Treatment of Transgender Students Within Virginia
… students? (2) What influences school boards' adoption of educational equity policies? Participants and school divisions were selected based on their participation in policy decision making for the equitable treatment of transgender students. Data collection involved a one-on-one interview with …
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Firearm Injury Prevention: Understanding Firearm Policy Diffusion, 1993-2010
… and demographics characteristics and firearm policy diffusion. The study findings are presented across three manuscripts, which address the trends of enactment of the laws, the analysis of the six gun control laws, and an analysis of one permissive firearm law (stand your ground laws). A panel …
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