01596pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002300040245009200063260000900155300001500164362000800179520099400187650002001181700002201201773004201223908000601265909001001271999001701281952010401298180718b2012   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRandma-Liiv, Tiina  aPolicy transfer in immature policy environments: Motives, scope, role models and agents  c2012  ap.154-166.  aMay  aThe 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.  aPublic policy    aKruusenberg, Riin  aPublic Administration and Development  aN  a97695  c97694d97694  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 32, Issue no: 2pAR98155r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR