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Understanding Policy Change in Developing Countries: The Spheres of Influence Framework

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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. Copyright (c) 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Paul F. Steinberg, 2003. "Understanding Policy Change in Developing Countries: The Spheres of Influence Framework," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 3(1), pages 11-32, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:3:y:2003:i:1:p:11-32
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    1. Paul F. Steinberg, 2015. "Can We Generalize from Case Studies?," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 15(3), pages 152-175, August.
    2. Wilson, Christopher & Claussen, Christoffer & Valverde, Pablo, 2021. "Does civil society matter for natural resource governance? A comparative analysis of multi-stakeholder participation and EITI validation outcomes," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    3. Sébastien Jodoin, 2017. "The transnational policy process for REDD+ and domestic policy entrepreneurship in developing countries," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 35(8), pages 1418-1436, December.
    4. Balboa, Cristina M., 2014. "How Successful Transnational Non-governmental Organizations Set Themselves up for Failure on the Ground," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 273-287.

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