{"id":449,"date":"2012-04-23T13:45:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rulesofreason.wordpress.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2012-04-23T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T13:45:24","slug":"diffusion-of-smoking-bans-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Diffusion of smoking bans in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

My paper on the diffusion of smoking bans in Europe has been accepted in Public Administration<\/a>. It probably won’t be published until next year\u00a0so here is a link<\/a> to the pre-print and a graph of\u00a0two of the important results of the paper: the probability of\u00a0enactment of a more comprehensive (full) smoking ban increases with lower levels of tobacco producton and with rising levels\u00a0of\u00a0public support for smoking\u00a0restrictions:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0And the abstract:<\/p>\n

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Policy Making Beyond Political Ideology: The Adoption of Smoking Bans in Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Policy making is embedded in politics, but an increasing number of issues, like obesity, tobacco control, or road safety, do not map well on the major dimensions of political conflict. This article analyzes the enactment of restrictions on smoking in bars and restaurants in 29 European countries \u2013 a conflictual issue which does not fit easily traditional party ideologies. Indeed, the comparative empirical analyses demonstrate that government ideological positions are not associated with the strictness and<\/em> the timing of adoption of the smoking bans. On the other hand, economic factors like the scale of tobacco production in a country, smoking prevalence in society and public support for tough anti-smoking policy are all significantly related to the time it takes for a country to adopt smoking bans, and to the comprehensiveness and enforcement of these restrictions. In addition, horizontal policy diffusion is strongly implicated in the pattern of policy adoptions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My paper on the diffusion of smoking bans in Europe has been accepted in Public Administration. It probably won’t be published until next year\u00a0so here is a link to the pre-print and a graph of\u00a0two of the important results of the paper: the probability of\u00a0enactment of a more comprehensive (full) smoking ban increases with lower levels of tobacco producton and with rising levels\u00a0of\u00a0public support for smoking\u00a0restrictions: \u00a0\u00a0And the abstract: Policy Making Beyond Political Ideology: The Adoption of Smoking Bans in Europe Policy making is embedded in politics, but an increasing number of issues, like obesity, tobacco control, or road safety, do not map well on the major dimensions of political conflict. This article analyzes the enactment of restrictions on smoking in bars and restaurants in 29 European countries \u2013 a conflictual issue which does not fit easily traditional party ideologies. Indeed, the comparative empirical analyses demonstrate that government ideological positions are not associated with the strictness and the timing of adoption of the smoking bans. On the other hand, economic factors like the scale of tobacco production in a country, smoking prevalence in society and public support for tough anti-smoking policy are all significantly related to the time it takes for a country to adopt smoking bans, and to the comprehensiveness and enforcement of these restrictions. In addition, horizontal policy diffusion is strongly implicated in the pattern of policy adoptions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[36,37,38],"tags":[73,144,484,490,530,601,602],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7g3hj-7f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52,"url":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=52","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":0},"title":"Governing by Polls","date":"October 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The study of policy responsiveness to public opinion is blossoming and propagating. 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