LEADER 04074nam 2200673Ia 450 001 996211812603316 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-08676-6 010 $a9786612086762 010 $a1-4008-2806-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400828067 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756327 035 $a(EBL)445568 035 $a(OCoLC)336817288 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114153 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131776 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114153 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10102074 035 $a(PQKB)10802662 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36503 035 $a(DE-B1597)447019 035 $a(OCoLC)979725977 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400828067 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445568 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284246 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208676 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445568 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756327 100 $a20070830d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBounded rationality and policy diffusion$b[electronic resource] $esocial sector reform in Latin America /$fKurt Weyland 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12974-6 311 $a0-691-13471-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-281) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tChapter 1. The Puzzle of Policy Diffusion --$tChapter 2. Toward a New Theory of Policy Diffusion --$tChapter 3. External Pressures and International Norms in Pension Reform --$tChapter 4. Cognitive Heuristics in the Diffusion of Pension Reform --$tChapter 5. External Pressures and International Norms in Health Reform --$tChapter 6. Cognitive Heuristics in the Diffusion of Health Reform --$tChapter 7. Bounded Rationality in the Era of Globalization --$tReferences and Interviews --$tIndex 330 $aWhy do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax simplification of 1986, Brazil adopted a similar reform even though it threatened to exacerbate income disparity and jeopardize state revenues. And Chile's pension privatization of the early 1980's has spread throughout Latin America and beyond even though many poor countries that have privatized their social security systems, including Bolivia and El Salvador, lack some of the preconditions necessary to do so successfully. In a major step beyond conventional rational-choice accounts of policy decision-making, this book demonstrates that bounded--not full--rationality drives the spread of innovations across countries. When seeking solutions to domestic problems, decision-makers often consider foreign models, sometimes promoted by development institutions like the World Bank. But, as Kurt Weyland argues, policymakers apply inferential shortcuts at the risk of distortions and biases. Through an in-depth analysis of pension and health reform in Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Peru, Weyland demonstrates that decision-makers are captivated by neat, bold, cognitively available models. And rather than thoroughly assessing the costs and benefits of external models, they draw excessively firm conclusions from limited data and over extrapolate from spurts of success or failure. Indications of initial success can thus trigger an upsurge of policy diffusion. 606 $aDecision making$zLatin America$vCase studies 606 $aPolicy sciences 607 $aLatin America$xSocial policy$vCase studies 615 0$aDecision making 615 0$aPolicy sciences. 676 $aRE/361.61098 686 $a88.62$2bcl 700 $aWeyland$b Kurt Gerhard$0929475 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996211812603316 996 $aBounded rationality and policy diffusion$92089365 997 $aUNISA