Innovations in climate policy (Jordan, Huitema)

Question 1

Innovation can be a…

Answer 1

thing or a process. therefore innovation can be a product of innovating or it can relate to the act of innovating. it is mostly both

Question 2

Innovation is context specific. three terms to describe this

Answer 2

1. invention: development of something new.
2. diffusion: process through which innovations circulate via learning and adopting they might enter common use
3. evaluation: effects of innovation. these are expected to actually do something and change the world.

Question 3

internal and external determinants or diffusion approaches to adopting new policies

Answer 3

• internal: assume that the political, economic and social factors that lead a particular state to innovative are internal to it.
  -external: when one governments decision about whether or not to adopt a policy innovation is influenced by the choices made by other governments.

Question 4

Patterns of diffusion

Answer 4

Fast diffusing policies are often easy to follow but diffuse rapidly just as high salient ones that are not complex. same goes for those with broad political appeal and low complexity.

Question 5

Meaning of policy invention

Answer 5

Policies are entirely new (this rarely happens).