Print Email Facebook Twitter Policy Diffusion Through Multiple Streams: The (Non-)Adoption of Energy Conservation Building Code in India(sic)(sic)(sic)Palabras clave Title Policy Diffusion Through Multiple Streams: The (Non-)Adoption of Energy Conservation Building Code in India(sic)(sic)(sic)Palabras clave: The (Non-)Adoption of Energy Conservation Building Code in India Author Goyal, N. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) Date 2021 Abstract Although the diffusion of policy innovations can promote sustainability, how this process can be accelerated remains unclear. I address this gap by conceptualizing policy transfer and policy diffusion using the multiple streams framework (MSF) and developing hypotheses to connect them. I apply this theorization to explain the limited spread of the energy conservation building code (ECBC) in India by combining a process trace of policy adoption in the embedded case of Andhra Pradesh with a dyadic event history analysis of state-level diffusion during 2012-18. The data for this study are collated from official statistics, elite interviews, news reports, policy documents, and secondary literature. The qualitative analysis shows that policy transfer to Andhra Pradesh occurred when external influence and prior adoption elsewhere were used by a policy entrepreneur to exploit a window of opportunity and couple problem, policy, and politics in the state; the dyadic analysis demonstrates that policy diffusion was influenced by the interaction among the structural characteristics of the problem, policy, and politics streams. I conclude with the implications for research on policy diffusion and the MSF as well as the relevance of the findings for promoting policy innovation for a sustainable energy transition. Subject climate change mitigationmultiple streams frameworkpolicy diffusionpolicy entrepreneurshippolicy innovationpolicy learningpolicy transfersustainable energy transition To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6c7e99c6-6688-4fbf-bd58-b73895cd04e2 DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12415 ISSN 0190-292X Source Policy Studies Journal, 50 (3), 641-669 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 N. Goyal Files PDF psj.12415.pdf 1.62 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6c7e99c6-6688-4fbf-bd58-b73895cd04e2/datastream/OBJ/view