Policy Diffusion in Research and Technological Development: No Government Is an Island

In: Cooperation and conflict: journal of the Nordic International Studies Association, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 35-58

Abstract

Examines the process by which the European Community (EC) & several individual European governments initiated extensive technological research & development programs virtually simultaneously. It is argued that the individual states & the EC are linked to a broader European policy process, & that the convergence of their research & development was the result of policy diffusion. The EC's nonhierarchical & informal cooperation structure lends itself to such policy diffusion & has served as a step toward European integration in the European Union. The role & economic structure of the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development are also examined. 64 References. Adapted from the source document.