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This chapter reviews the theoretical literature relating to the core concepts used in the study: multi-level governance and policy transfer. The evolution of the concept of policy transfer is traced through discussions of associated concepts such as policy diffusion, policy convergence, policy learning and lesson-drawing. It discusses the development of these ideas through the models of Dolowitz and Marsh, and Evans and Davies. Most importantly for this book, the chapter discusses developments in the literature that consider policy transfer beyond ‘methodological nationalism’—the assumption that policy transfer involves bilateral lesson-drawing between states—to focus on the roles of international organisations and non-state actors.
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Hawkins, B., Holden, C., Mackinder, S. (2020). Policy Transfer in the Context of Multi-level Governance. In: The Battle for Standardised Cigarette Packaging in Europe. Palgrave Studies in Public Health Policy Research. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31034-9_2
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