The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies: Channels of Transfer and Stages of Diffusion

摘要: The autonomous regulatory agency has recently become the “appropriate model” of governance across countries and sectors. dynamics this process are captured in authors’ data set, which covers establishment agencies 48 15 sectors for period 1966-2007. Adopting a diffusion approach to explain broad institutional change, authors explore role as sources transfer at different stages process. They demonstrate how restructuring national bureaucracies unfolds via four channels transfer. results challenge theoretical approaches that overemphasize dimension global insensitive Further advance study depends, assert, on ability apply both cross-sectoral cross-national analysis same research design incorporate with di...