01480pab a2200181 454500 180718b2012 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Randma-Liiv, Tiina Policy transfer in immature policy environments: Motives, scope, role models and agents 2012 p.154-166. May The present study aims to contribute to the existing policy transfer research by examining the immature policy environments of post-communist countries. To determine the main factors explaining the process of policy transfer, the establishment of probation systems in Estonia and Latvia is analyzed by applying a comparative case study design. The study demonstrates that timing is an important variable in the policy transfer in a transitional setting. A transitional context in itself is likely to lead to policy transfer because of urgent decision-making needs, a shortage of domestic expertise and of financial resources. The process of policy transfer can be characterized as quite fortuitous: the choice of role models is limited to the existing or first contacts with foreign partners who are able to provide financial assistance. Improvement of administrative capacity is seen as a key factor in the shift from haphazard policy copying to responsible policy transfer. - Reproduced. Public policy Kruusenberg, Riin Public Administration and Development N 97695 97694 97694 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 32, Issue no: 2 AR98155 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR