Policy Diffusion through Institutional Legitimation: State Lotteries
本研究运用制度组织理论分析公共政策的采纳与扩散，通过评估政策与采纳地文化的契合度来衡量其合法性，发现州彩票在扩散过程中因文化指标变化而逐渐合法化。
This study uses institutional theories of organization to address the adoption and diffusion of public policy. This article assesses the degree that a policy conforms to culture in an adopting jurisdiction in order to gauge its legitimacy. There is strong evidence that state lotteries became legitimized during their diffusion because several cultural indicators reflecting both state government and the voters within each state changed over time in their ability to predict adoption. Supplementary analysis of public lottery support across time also sustains a legitimation interpretation.