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How States Utilize Foreign Evidence

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This article examines how evidence about Program A in Country A may be utilized in Country B, and thus how utilization may explain the adoption of the same program. Elites and activists have a number of interests in using policy evidence from another country: to put an issue to a systemic or institutional agenda, mollify political pressure, provide an exemplar, indicate the range of options or reinforce conclusions already reached. The interests of the importer dictate the nature, timing and origins of the evidence injected into policy debate. This framework is applied to the case of freedom of information policy. An analysis of how and why evidence about the United States Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was utilized in Canada and Britain reveals that FOIA was used as an exemplar in Canada and the reverse in Britain.

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  • Bennett, Colin J., 1991. "How States Utilize Foreign Evidence," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(1), pages 31-54, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:11:y:1991:i:01:p:31-54_00
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