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Taking the Keys from Grandpa: Policy Diffusion Failure or Stealth Policy?
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Taking the Keys from Grandpa:
Policy Diffusion Failure or Stealth Policy?
Elaine B. Sharp <## email not listed ##> and Paul E Johnson <## email not listed ##>
Department of Political Science
University of Kansas
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
Abstract
This paper focuses on state policies concerning older drivers, with particular attention to two contrasting policy strategies – one involving license renewal requirements targeted for elderly drivers and the other involving the use of the medical community to screen for problematic older drivers. The paper develops and test hypotheses concerning the substantial variation in utilization of these policies that is to be found across state-years in the period 1980-2003. Explanations focusing on the political power of important stakeholder interests such as senior citizens and the medical establishment find some support as do some explanations involving the objective problem context, such as the magnitude of the problem as reflected in the older driver fatal crash rate and the availability of transportation alternatives.
Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2-6, 2004. Copyright by the American Political Science Association.
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Taking the Keys from Grandpa:
Policy Diffusion Failure or Stealth Policy?
Elaine B. Sharp <## email not listed ##> and Paul E Johnson <## email not listed ##>
Department of Political Science
University of Kansas
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
Abstract
This paper focuses on state policies concerning older drivers, with particular attention to
two contrasting policy strategies – one involving license renewal requirements targeted
for elderly drivers and the other involving the use of the medical community to screen for
problematic older drivers. The paper develops and test hypotheses concerning the
substantial variation in utilization of these policies that is to be found across state-years in
the period 1980-2003. Explanations focusing on the political power of important
stakeholder interests such as senior citizens and the medical establishment find some
support as do some explanations involving the objective problem context, such as the
magnitude of the problem as reflected in the older driver fatal crash rate and the
availability of transportation alternatives.
Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2-6, 2004. Copyright by the American Political Science
Association.
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