Content and complexity in policy reinvention and diffusion: Gay and transgender-inclusive laws against discrimination

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-98

  Taylor, Jami K ^a   Lewis, Daniel C ^b   Jacobsmeier, Matthew L ^b   DiSarro, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

policy innovation diffusion; policy process; politics o.sexuality; public policy; quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859904728     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440011433589     Document Type: Article

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