Causes and conditions of cross-national policy convergence

By Katharina Holzinger, Christoph Knill. 2005

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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Do parties matter in internationalised policy areas? The impact of political parties on environmental policy outputs in 18 OECD countries, 1970-2000 (2010, background): “We generally find a distinction between effects emerging from regulatory cooperation between states at the international or supranational level and regulatory competition driven by growing economic inter-linkages (Holzinger & Knill 2005; Holzinger et al. 2008a) .”
Explaining convergence of OECD welfare states: a conditional approach (2011, methodology): “From very abstract and often untested social theories about the convergence of societies, political science has moved towards a ‘middle-range’ approach, emphasizing the formerly implicit causal mechanisms and allowing a better operationalization of explanatory factors (Braumoeller, 2006; Drezner, 20”
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DO ITS JOB. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GOVERNANCE SHIFTS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR (2011, result): “This may seem something of a contradiction, but in fact, according to policy convergence scholars, this is a widely acknowledged phenomenon (see Holzinger and Knill 2005).”
When the birds sing. A framework for analysing domestic factors behind policy convergence (2005, neutral): “Other contributions to this collection aim at identifying and analysing the various international mechanisms that may result in convergence while at the same time bringing some order in the terminological variety that has emerged (see Holzinger and Knill 2005; Busch and Jo¨rgens 2005).”
Introduction: Cross-national policy convergence: concepts, approaches and explanatory factors (2005, background): “With respect to causal mechanisms, five central factors can be found in the highly diverse literature (see, for example, Bennett 1991; DiMaggio and Powell 1991; Dolowitz and Marsh 2000; Drezner 2001; Hoberg 2001; Holzinger and Knill 2005).”
Is there convergence in convergence research? an overview of empirical studies on policy convergence (2005, background): “5 See Holzinger and Knill (2005) for the concept of the level of convergence.”
The international sources of policy convergence: explaining the spread of environmental policy innovations (2005, background): “If convergence is to be conceptualized as an evolution over time (Knill 2005; Holzinger and Knill 2005), it is likely that several distinct mechanisms may have played a role at different points in time (Bennett 1991b: 230–1).”
‘And the rest is implementation.’ Comparing approaches to what happens in policy processes beyond Great Expectations (2016, background): “Since it is normatively attractive, this ‘top-down’ view is still widespread in practice but also in policy implementation research (Hupe, 2014; Johansson, 2010). At the same time, its explanatory capacity is limited. In fact, the view as such has a specific character. First, it implies a chronologi”
Convergence towards where: in what ways, if any, are welfare states becoming more similar? (2008, methodology): “Our classification of causal factors triggering convergence derives from Holzinger and Knill’s taxonomy identifying five factors potentially conducive to convergence tendencies, namely independent problem-solving, transnational communication, international harmonization, regulatory competition and i”
The OECD PISA Study as a Soft Power in Education? Lessons from Switzerland and the US. (2011, background): “Often, countries are subject to several of these mechanisms that also interact (Holzinger & Knill, 2005, p. 777). they copy policies that are perceived to be successful or legitimate from states or international organisations with a positive reputation in the issue at stake (Bennett, 1991, p. 223;…”
Analyzing the nexus of higher education and vocational training in Europe: a comparative‐institutional framework (2010, background): “The main reasons for this are disciplinary divisions and a lack of systematic theory building (Holzinger and Knill 2005 , 775).”
To what extent does transnational communication drive cross-national policy convergence? The impact of the bologna-process on domestic higher education policies (2011, background): “Convergence literature generally draws a distinction between four international sources of policy convergence (Bennett 1991; Drezner 2001; Holzinger and Knill 2005, 2007; Holzinger et al. 2008a, b). The source that draws the most attention is political coercion or conditionality, while legal oblig”
Policy learning in Europe: the open method of co-ordination and laboratory federalism (2007, background): “9 For a more general discussion in the political sciences on the mechanisms of policy convergence, see Knill (2005); Holzinger and Knill (2005).”