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- Title
Top-Down Federalism: State Policy Responses to National Government Discussions.
- Authors
Clouser McCann, Pamela J.; Shipan, Charles R.; Volden, Craig
- Abstract
The national government can influence state-level policymaking by adopting laws that specifically direct the states to take certain actions or by providing financial incentives. But can national institutions also influence state-level policy change by drawing attention to an issue and by providing information about it, even when these activities do not produce new national laws? In other words, do policy ideas diffuse from the national government to the states? In this article, we examine whether hearings and the introduction of bills in Congress about antismoking restrictions influenced state-level adoptions between 1975 and 2000. Our findings reveal that national policy activities stimulated state policy adoptions, but only for states with professionalized legislatures and strong policy advocates.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CENTRAL-local government relations; FEDERAL government of the United States; STATE governments; HISTORY of government policy; UNITED States. Congress; POLICY diffusion; SMOKING laws; PUBLIC health; HISTORY
- Publication
Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2015, Vol 45, Issue 4, p495
- ISSN
0048-5950
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/publius/pjv013