The Infrastructure of Collective Action and Policy Content Diffusion in the Organic Food Industry
研究了有机食品行业中地方性和联邦性认证组织如何影响美国各州法律的变化，发现地方组织促进法律创新但减少多样性，联邦组织则相反。
Little is known about the relationship between industry self-regulation organizations and the diffusion of policy content. Using the organic food industry as a context, this study examines the relationship between local and federated standards-based certification organizations and specific changes in U.S. state laws. The study's findings indicate that local structures correspond to greater legal innovation and elaboration, but less variation. Conversely, federated structures correspond to less legal innovation and elaboration, and greater content variation. These findings both challenge extant theories regarding organizational capacities of local and federated organizations and extend contemporary conceptions of diffusion.