The Transferability of Policy Instruments

Policies and policy instruments move between countries with variable luck. This study addresses the transfer of policy instruments based on governance and ecological modernisation to a transnational setting (Russia and Latvia). Through methodological awareness, theretical reflection and a keen eye for the importance of institutional factors, this study seeks to identify the pre-conditions for successful policy transfer.This is the author's doctoral thesis written for his Dr.polit. dissertation at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo