Horizontal diffusion, vertical diffusion, and internal pressure in state environmental policymaking, 1989-1998

被引:130
作者
Daley, DM [1 ]
Garand, JC
机构
[1] Univ Kansas, Dept Polit Sci, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[2] Univ Kansas, Environm Studies Program, Lawrence, KS USA
[3] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, Madison, WI USA
[4] Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
关键词
public policy; environmental policy; state politics; state government; hazardous waste management; policy diffusion;
D O I
10.1177/1532673X04273416
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Throughout the 1980s, states developed policies to address the growing problem of abandoned and uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Not surprisingly, some states have adopted stringent policies that are similar to the federal Superfund program, whereas others have developed different approaches. In this article, we develop and test empirically a model of the Strength of state hazardous waste programs, which we depict as a function of both internal determinants and external diffusion. For internal determinant explanations we consider the effects of problem severity, internal political factors, interest group pressure, and socioeconomic and demographic variables. We also include variables representing regional and top-down (national) diffusion. Our results indicate the importance of both internal determinants and external diffusion. Strong state hazardous waste programs are a function of state wealth and the severity of internal hazardous waste problems, as well as external determinants, with regional diffusion as a particularly influential factor.
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页码:615 / 644
页数:30
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