Understanding Policy Change in Developing Countries
The Spheres of Influence Framework
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12754205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul F Steinberg (U.S. National Science Foundation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-32 |
| Publication date | 2003-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1526-3800 • E-ISSN: 1536-0091 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/152638003763336365 |
| OpenAlex | W2171371543 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 28 |
National policy reform is a prerequisite for improved stewardship of the global environment and figures prominently among the goals of international environmental diplomacy and transnational advocacy campaigns. Yet research on global environmental politics has proceeded absent models of policy change in developing countries, where most of the planet's people, land, and biological diversity are found. In this article I present a theoretical framework to explain the domestic responses of developing countries to global environmental concerns. Drawing on research in Costa Rica and Bolivia, I situate the impact of global environmentalism in the context of complex, decades-long domestic struggles to create effective institutions. When international outcomes depend on protracted reforms in nations that are sovereign yet poor, policy change is driven by actors who successfully pair international resources (technical, financial, and ideational) with the domestic political resources needed to see through major policy innovations
Context (archaeology · Developing country · Development economics · Diplomacy · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental politics · Environmentalism · Geography · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sovereignty · Stewardship (theology · International Development and Aid · Policy Transfer and Learning · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
The multiple streams framework and forest policy change process in Ghana
International advocacy and China’s distant water fisheries policies
Sustainable development frontiers and divides
Development partner influence on domestic health financing contributions in Senegal
Policy Change in Comparative Contexts
Politico-economic determinants of forestry policy in Cameroon
How Successful Transnational Non-governmental Organizations Set Themselves up for Failure on the Ground
What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change
Poisons, pragmatic governance and deliberative democracy
The transnational policy process for Redd+ and domestic policy entrepreneurship in developing countries
Institutional Resilience Amid Political Change
Back to the Future or Back to Our Roots? Twenty-Five Years of Global Environmental Politics
Can We Generalize from Case Studies
Neoliberalism, Environmental Justice, and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Environmental movements and green parties in western and eastern Europe
Rich Forests, Poor PeopleResource Control and Resistance in Java
Shadows in the Forest
Forest‐Dwelling Native Amazonians and the Conservation of Biodiversity
Governing the Commons
Activists beyond Borders
Timber Booms and Institutional Breakdown in Southeast Asia
The Political Power of Economic Ideas
Sustainable development frontiers and divides
Understanding the Domestic Impact of International Norms
An advocacy coalition framework of policy change and the role of policy-oriented learning therein
Activists beyond borders
Politicians and poachers
Transnational Networks in Basic Science
Political leadership and regime formation
The Transformation of Policy Ideas
The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology
Shadows in the Forest
Learning the Limits of Power
The Politics of Economic Liberalization
Cosmopolitans and Locals in World Culture
Strategies of Causal Inference in Small-N Analysis
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |