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Policy transfer and accession: a comparison of three international governmental organisations
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Carroll, PGH, Policy transfer and accession: a comparison of three international governmental organisations, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 16, (3) pp. 280-296. ISSN 1387-6988 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/13876988.2013.836782
Abstract
ABSTRACT This article compares the extent of policy transfer related to the accession processes of
three international governmental organisations (IGOs), the European Union (EU), the Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). It
is argued that this is necessary as there is a tendency for studies of IGOs as agents of transfer to
focus primarily upon the transfer that occurs after a state has acceded to membership, neglecting
the extent of transfer that can take place during the accession process. The key findings are: one,
policy transfer occurs during the accession process in all three organisations and, to varying
extents, in all three stages of the accession process; two, the extent of transfer varies by accession
stage and over time for all three organisations; three, the greatest extent of transfer occurs in the
pre-accession and formal accession stages; four, the greater the degree of isomorphism between an
applicant’s policies and institutions and those of the IGO, the less the extent of policy transfer in the
accession process.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | transfer sources, accession, international organisations |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Policy and administration |
Research Field: | Public policy |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Government and politics |
Objective Field: | Government and politics not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Carroll, PGH (Professor Peter Carroll) |
ID Code: | 87754 |
Year Published: | 2014 (online first 2013) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 6 |
Deposited By: | Accounting |
Deposited On: | 2013-12-04 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-24 |
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